Health Jun 27 Diabetes Cases Double, Highest Rates in Oceania and Middle East A new global study shows prevalence of diabetes has climbed steeply since 1980, and the number of cases worldwide is much higher than shown in previous estimates.
Health Jun 22 New Clues to Deadly Strength of Germany E. Coli Strain The O104:H4 E. coli strain. (Photo courtesy Manfred Rohde, Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Infektionsforschung (HZI)/Getty Images) The rare strain of E. coli that has killed 39 people and sickened thousands in Europe combines the abilities of two known E. coli pathogens…
World Jun 21 Slide Show: The World’s Biggest Refugee Hot Zones More than 80 percent of the world's 15.4 million refugees are hosted in some of the world's poorest countries, according to new 2010 data released this week by the U.N. High Commission on Refugees. Driven from their homes…
World Jun 21 Refugee Hot Zones Around the World The UN Refugee Agency released new 2010 data on the countries hosting the largest numbers of refugees and the countries producing large refugee populations.
Health Jun 10 5 Global Health Headlines: Escaping Syria, Aids at 30, Viagra as a Weapon? The NewsHour's global health beat rounds up key stories from the week.
Health May 30 Vatican Holds Line on Condoms at Conference An AIDS conference hosted at the Vatican over the weekend quickly stamped out any lingering speculation that the Church might shift or broaden its policy against use of condoms to protect from HIV.
Health May 27 Vatican Hosts AIDS Meeting In Wake Of Condom Controversy The NewsHour's global health unit is in Rome this week to report on a two-day conference being hosted by the Vatican on the global fight against AIDS. The meeting was prompted in part by confusion over the pope's recent comments…
Health May 20 Top Five Global Health Stories: Docters in Bahrain Report Abuse, Paralyzed Man Stands Bahrain doctors treat protestors in February. AFP/Getty photo. Doctors Detained in Bahrain Report Abuse More than 100 medical workers have been targeted and detained by Bahrain's government in recent months for their role in aiding protestors, say human…
Health May 19 Study: Electrical Stimulation in Spine Helps Paraplegic Man Stand Again For the first time, a man completely paralyzed from the chest down regained the ability to take several steps with support and stand on his own thanks to electric stimulation to his spinal cord, new research published in the Lancet…
World May 18 Doctors Detained in Bahrain Face Accusations of Medical Abuses A wounded Bahraini demonstrator is taken to a hospital in Manama in February. Photo by Joseph Eid/ AFP Updated May 23 | More than 100 medical workers have been targeted and detained by Bahrain's government in recent months for…