Jason Beaubien
The once impressive medical system has crumbled dramatically in Venezuela’s ongoing crisis.
The new leader, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia, will be expected to reform the bureaucratic agency and deal with the world’s growing health problems.
The case numbers are already high in certain countries. It’s not only hard to treat — it’s extremely contagious.
Syria has seen the most attacks but it is far from the only country where assaults take place.
The U.N. says Sudan — and three other countries — are the scene of catastrophic famine. What are the causes?
The patients took the standard drugs and appeared to be cured. But then the infection came racing back.
There are two main theories. A new study of South African patients points to the scarier of the two.
Some surgeries are being postponed due to a lack of nursing staff.
The editor of the New England Journal Of Medicine is a big Red Sox fan. And so he framed the year in global health in baseball terms.
At a time when South Sudanese need aid more than ever, staffers from one of the biggest humanitarian groups in the country were expelled — with no explanation.
A new report from the Overseas Development Institute finds that impoverished children are working long hours in violation of the country’s labor laws.
Despite progress against the disease, roughly 2 million people are infected with the virus every year.
There’s a debate about who should control the assistance: politicians, aid groups, church groups.
Hundreds of people were killed in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew ravaged the southwest part of the country. Survivors explain why they refused to evacuate.
There are signs that the virus is spreading. And the health system is ill-equipped to detect or care for babies born with microcephaly.
Health care workers are anxious that Zika is spreading across the country undetected — and worry that the system is ill-equipped to deal with severe birth defects.
Health care workers are anxious that Zika is spreading across the country undetected — and worry that the system is ill-equipped to deal with severe birth defects.
The U.N. appears to be on the verge of admitting it played a role in introducing cholera to Haiti in 2010. But critics are still waiting for the agency to take full responsibility.