Mar 24 Workers at Nuclear Plant Hospitalized, Radiation in Tokyo’s Water Stokes Fears By News Desk Updated 4:30 p.m. ET New photos of the so-called "Fukushima 50" -- the workers who have stayed behind to help rescue a damaged nuclear plant have been made available this week. (Workers at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. Continue reading
Mar 22 Water Woes: Japan, Haiti and Kenya Among World’s Trouble Spots By Larisa Epatko In northeastern Japan, where people are still sifting through wreckage from the March 11 tsunami, more than a million households are without water. While in Haiti, health workers are scrambling to stave off a cholera epidemic. Still, in other parts… Continue reading
Mar 18 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Nuclear Health Concerns, Transplant Patient Given HIV By Talea Miller Checking radiation levels in Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture. Photo by Ken Shimizu/AFP/Getty Images Nuclear Health Fears in Japan Japan raised the nuclear alert level at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant to five out of a seven level international scale… Continue reading
Mar 17 View From Tokyo: Japanese Try to Go on With Daily Life ‘as Best They Can’ By Larisa Epatko In Japan, foreign governments are evacuating their citizens from the area of the Fukushima nuclear plant, as the Japanese military works to douse the facility with tons of water to prevent a nuclear reactor meltdown. Continue reading
Mar 17 Workers in China: ‘Your iPhone Cost Us Our Health’ By Jeffrey Kaye NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Kaye speaks with Wintek employees. We arrived at the factory in Suzhou, China, a few hours early, anxious not to miss our opportunity to speak with workers. Through a labor rights activist based in Hong Kong, NewsHour… Continue reading
Mar 16 In Denver, Mobile Clinic for the Homeless Returns By Lea Winerman Last year, the NewsHour profiled a mobile clinic for the homeless that was about to close due to budget cuts. Now, after months of searching for funding, the clinic is back on the streets. Continue reading
Mar 15 Mexico Drug Cartels Moving in on Guatemala Routes The security situation in northern Guatemala is deteriorating as Mexico-based drug cartels extend their reach into the neighboring country. Continue reading
Mar 14 Aid for Victims of Japan’s Disaster The Japan Red Cross is working around the clock to provide food, shelter and medical services to the many people injured and displaced by Friday's earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading
Mar 09 Guatemala’s Archbishop Speaks on Family Planning, Violence Against Women By Talea Miller Guatemala's Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales calls for more education about natural family planning, and encourages Guatemala's men to change their attitudes towards women. Continue reading
Mar 08 Buses Targeted by Guatemala City Gangs Bus drivers and their assistants have become frequent targets of extortion, threats and violent crimes in Guatemala City. Continue reading