Freelance (and former NPR) health journalist Joanne Silberner of Seattle is doing a series of reports on cancer in the…
Former President Jimmy Carter is in Seattle, having spoken last night at the World Affairs Council’s 60th anniversary celebration and…
Seattle-based PATH announced today that it is acquiring the non-profit drug company OneWorld Health. OneWorld Health, which will continue to…
In the global health arena, mental health care is typically considered — or not considered at all, more accurately –…
One neglected disease is a little bit less neglected today. The World Health Organization has decided to recognize that lack…
Flickr, poppalina Millions of bare feet prove we still aren’t reaching the very poorest of the poor. The international community…
One of the funny, maddening things about global health is all the terminology people use that seems to lack precise…
Neon BrainFlickr, by Dierk Schaefer Is it Kala-azar black fever? Elephantiasis? African sleeping sickness? Guinea worm? How about mental illness?…
Most people who die from cancer, and most cancer cases, are in the developing world. Cancer cell NCI Yet…