
By Robert Fortner, special to Humanosphere For this year’s World Malaria Day, April 25, the big news is mostly bad…
By Robert Fortner, special to Humanosphere For this year’s World Malaria Day, April 25, the big news is mostly bad…
The breakout of measles in Disneyland in late 2014 ignited a long-simmering debate over vaccines in the United States. This…
A commentary arguing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) helped to weaken health care in the West African countries struggling with…
The continued spread of Ebola in West Africa has both exposed problems with the international response and the existing state…
An increase in the foreign affairs budget for 2014 saw an end to a four year decline in the US.…
Farmers in India examine cotton for insects.S. Jayaraj The suicides of farmers in India are once again making headlines. Hailstorms…
MSF Drug resistant tuberculosis is a serious global problem, especially those forms of drug-resistant TB that can fend off multiple…
A technological innovation (the iPad) a well designed survey (cluster randomization) and young health workers are the backbone of an…
A new drug, derived from Chinese wormwood, is being hailed as more effective than quinine for treating children with life-threatening…