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Why Melinda Gates thinks the U.S. must protect foreign aid
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…
Health officials to begin new global effort to eradicate polio
This weekend marks the start of a global effort that health officials are hoping will be the final push to eradicate polio.
In world’s poorest slums, landfills and polluted rivers become a child’s playground
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…
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We asked for your questions for four activists and human rights workers who deal specifically with at-risk populations in Uganda. Read their answers.
U.S. health officials are dealing with shortages and production delays of H1N1 vaccine, but stand by the choice not to opt for vaccine boosters, called adjuvants, that could stretch supply of H1N1 vaccine, but are not licensed in the United…
In the midst of an escalating cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, a summit on a power-sharing deal decided Tuesday that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn in as prime minister by Feb. 11.
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