Whenever a mass shooting occurs, a debate about gun violence ensues. An often-cited counter to the point about the United…
Deadly, drug-resistant “super bacteria” are likely still present in waters that will host swimming, canoe and rowing events at the…
The World Health Organization issued a new recommendation to cut the treatment time for people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in half. The…
The Internet has made it easy to access to a vast array of information on health and medicine, but it…
How many people would readily infect themselves with malaria in the name of science? Eight brave volunteers in Seattle have,…
Surveyors have essentially used the same tools to count the number of poor people living in urban centers around the…
An estimated 43,000 Bangladeshis are dying each year from arsenic poisoning. The government has failed to solve a known problem of…
Since Brazil first reported a startling increase in the birth defect microcephaly last fall, scientists have been working around the…
Mothers are often not staying in the hospital long enough after giving birth. Research on hospital stays in 92 countries…
It’s not news that the poorest people on the planet suffer from diseases with simple and cheap treatments or cures. What may be less obvious is that the suffering persists in part because those offering treatments or cures can’t find those most in need