May 21 Will lessons learned from the 2014 Ebola outbreak prevent more deaths in Congo? By Larisa Epatko The spread of Ebola in West Africa in 2014-2016 was the worst outbreak since the disease's discovery. Here's how international health agencies are responding this time. Continue reading
May 17 Congo reports first urban case of Ebola. Here’s what that means for the outbreak By Saleh Mwanamilongo, Carley Petesch, Associated Press Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Continue reading
May 14 UN health agency aims to wipe out trans fats worldwide By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out artery-clogging trans fats from the global food supply in the next five years. Continue reading
Dec 13 CDC says more people die of influenza worldwide than some experts have estimated By Laura Santhanam As many as 646,000 people may die from influenza each year worldwide, according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- a larger number than what other health experts have predicted in years past. Continue reading
Aug 04 PHOTOS: How aid groups are tackling Yemen’s cholera outbreak By Larisa Epatko “At one hospital, we visited children who can barely gather the strength to breathe,” U.N. agency leaders said in a joint statement. Continue reading
May 24 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus becomes the first African director-general of the World Health Organization By Helen Branswell, STAT Ethiopia’s former health minister -- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus -- has been elected to serve as the next director-general of the World Health Organization — the first African picked to lead the global health agency. Continue reading
Apr 28 In Yemen conflict, preventable diseases are a deadly side effect for children By Larisa Epatko Health workers recently fanned across Yemen to vaccinate millions of children against polio, one of the disease risks in a country immersed in conflict. Continue reading
Apr 07 Somalia drought forces thousands to leave home seeking food and water By Larisa Epatko The last famine to hit Somalia was in 2011 when 260,000 people died, about half of them children under 5. Humanitarian organizations fear this year’s drought could lead to something even worse. Continue reading
Dec 29 Analysis: 10 elections to watch in 2017 By James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign Relations Millions of people around the world went to the polls this year. The results provided plenty of surprises. British voters defied the pollstersand voted to leave the European Union. Colombians did much the same in … Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 5:55 Ebola vaccine results are encouraging — but preliminary By PBS News Hour On Thursday, results from the World Health Organization's two-year trial studying the Ebola virus were published. They indicate that the vaccine is effective -- but it still needs to be approved by regulatory agencies. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Dr. Anthony… Continue watching