Global Health

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

Buses Targeted by Guatemala City Gangs

Bus drivers and their assistants have become frequent targets of extortion, threats and violent crimes in Guatemala City.