

World Oct 11

India’s confirmed coronavirus toll crossed 7 million on Sunday with a number of new cases dipping in recent weeks, even as health experts warn of mask and distancing fatigue setting in.
By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press
Health Oct 10

Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started, with intensive care wards filling up again and bars shutting down. Making matters worse, authorities say, is a widespread case of “COVID-fatigue.”…
By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
Health May 05

Britain has become the first country in Europe to confirm more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths, and infections are rising sharply again in Russia. That took place Tuesday even as other nations reported strides in taming the virus.
By Jill Lawless, David Rising, Nick Perry, Associated Press
Nation Nov 12

In 2014, an Ebola outbreak ravaged three West African countries. Now many of the same communities are facing a new health struggle: mental illness. In rural Liberia, diseases such as depression and schizophrenia are often considered a “curse” and relegated…
By Molly Knight Raskin
Sep 21

By PBS NewsHour
As President Trump stressed his “America-first” approach in remarks to the United Nations this week, Bill and Melinda Gates hosted a conference to unveil the results of a three-year-long Gates Foundation study on the world’s major health issues. Judy Woodruff…
This weekend marks the start of a global effort that health officials are hoping will be the final push to eradicate polio.
Children living among rubbish and human waste are especially susceptible to diarrheal diseases and pneumonia, the top killers of children under 5 worldwide. In this photo essay from Reuters, photographers capture “playgrounds” built among landfills and junkyards, and children swimming…
Oct 01

By PBS NewsHour
We asked for your questions for four activists and human rights workers who deal specifically with at-risk populations in Uganda. Read their answers.
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