Health Apr 20 Global Fund Hit by Millions of Dollars in Malaria Drug Thefts Child with severe malaria in Tanzania. Photo by Talea Miller. Millions of dollars worth of malaria medication donated through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria may have been lost to theft, according to internal documents obtained by…
World Apr 18 Escalating Misrata Siege Prompts Evacuations, Calls for Humanitarian Aid Doctors work on a baby who suffered cuts from shrapnel Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) As attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces intensify on the rebel-held city of Misrata, the city's port has become a lifeline for supplies coming in and…
Health Apr 14 Top Five Global Health Headlines: Foreign Aid Cuts, Preventing Stillbirths, Japan Raises Alert Sec. of State Hillary Clinton. Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images. Spending Plan Cuts Foreign Aid, Boosts Child Health The hotly-debated FY2011 spending plan agreed to by the White House and congressional leaders this week includes cuts to the State…
Health Apr 12 Seasonal Rains Bring Rise in Cholera Cases in Haiti Cholera patients in Port-au-Prince. Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images. The months-long rainy season is just beginning in Haiti, boosting the number of cases of cholera just as critical sanitation services are in limbo. Cholera is waterborne and often spreads…
Health Apr 07 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Superbug in India, Refugees Flee Ivory Coast Violence Family washing vegetable in Delhi. Photo by Flickr user Michael Foley. Superbug Found in New Delhi Water A drug-resistant superbug was found in about a quarter of samples taken from tap water and puddles in New Delhi,…
Health Apr 01 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Radiation Fears, Teen Deaths, Measles Epidemic Radiation Rises at Japan Plant Japanese officials are debating expanding a 12-mile evacuation radius around the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant as radioactivity levels of seawater near the plant rose this week and highly radioactive water was found in…
World Mar 31 Japan’s Radioactive Leak: What Are the Long-Term Consequences? Fukushima nuclear power plant. Environmental and nuclear scientists in the U.S. are watching apparent leakage discovered at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor site this week with a concerned eye, for both health effects and impact on the environment. Japanese safety…
Health Mar 24 Slide Show: Tuberculosis a Silent Killer Health officials are drawing attention to the 22 countries that contribute 80 percent of the global burden of tuberculosis on March 24, designated World TB Day. Tuberculosis is a deadly infectious disease that can be transmitted through the air, making…
Health Mar 24 Tuberculosis a Silent Killer Around the Globe Thursday is World TB Day, bringing attention to the disease that kills an estimated 1.7 million people each year. Photographers look at the toll of the disease in Brazil, Afghanistan and India.
World Mar 22 Access to Basics Improves, But Future Uncertain for Japan Evacuees Japanese Red Cross volunteers hand out emergency kits at evacuation centers. Photo by Japanese Red Cross Society. Patrick Fuller, Asia Pacific communications manager for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies spoke with the NewsHour Tuesday…