Map of the Day: Where Abortions are Most Dangerous Around the World45% of all abortions are around the world are “unsafe” according to a new study by the World Health Organization...
The 5 Biggest Health Impacts of Massive HurricanesThe health impact of Hurricane really consists of two parts – injuries and deaths caused by the actual impacts of...
The Bad News? The World Will Begin Running Out of Water By 2050. The Good News? It’s Not 2050 YetOn June 6th, US Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressed the UN Security Council meeting on Maintenance of International Peace and...
Climate Change Will Cause 250,000 Additional Deaths Per Year. Here’s How It Will Kill USPresident Trump announced last week that he will be pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, the...
For the first time, a new strain of bird flu was transmitted human-to-human. This is highly unusual–and could be the first sign of new global pandemic.In 1918, the world was rocked by pandemic flu. A virulent strain of influenza, H1N1 influenza swept across the whole...
WHO’s the Boss? Inside the Race to Elect a New Head of the World Health OrganizationIt’s election season in Geneva. Three candidates are squaring off to become the next head of the World Health Organization....
Map of the Day: A Victory-in-Progress Against Least-Known Worst Diseases in the WorldIt’s been five years since the the World Health Organization launched an ambitious “action plan” to bring some of the...
Humanity Just Took One Big Step Closer to Ending MalariaToday is World Malaria Day. It’s a reminder that malaria still kills. In 2015, there were an estimated 212 million...
Can These Three African First Ladies Can End Female Genital Mutilation?This week, three African first ladies spoke out against female genital mutilation (FGM). Niger’s first lady, Lalla Malika, Claudine Talon,...
