A woman broke her leg in India. She died in Nevada from it. Her story is the most urgent health crisis that garners the least amount of attention.A 70-year-old woman broke her leg while visiting India. Later, she went to a hospital in Reno, Nevada. Soon after,...
This Will Be the Most Deadly Disease of 2017. (And It’s Not What You Would Expect)The biggest killer disease in 2017 isn’t going to be HIV. Not Ebola, either. Or Zika or pandemic influenza, or...
Ebola will return in 2017. Here’s WhyIn 2017 we’ll be seeing Ebola again. Probably a small outbreak or two, but another full-on pandemic is entirely possible....
What You Need to know about the Global Fight Against MalariaMalaria is a quiet problem, killing children and pregnant women in 97 countries; children under five make up 70% of...
Zika is no longer a global health emergency – it’s worseThe Zika virus, it appears, is here to stay. At the end of November, the WHO reclassified the Zika virus...
The first major new HIV vaccine trial in seven years has begun. Will it work?HIV needs a vaccine; this much we know. Tremendous strides have been made in global HIV response with testing, treatment,...
Air Pollution is Probably Much More Dangerous Than You Think. Especially for KidsAir pollution is deadly. It doesn’t generally cause deaths directly. Instead, it’s an exacerbating factor, contributing to lung diseases like...
This survey shows shows that endemic sexism harms both expectant mothers and the women who care for themMotherhood is still deadly for far too many women. In 2015, an estimated 303,000 women died in childbirth. Many more...
We’re in the middle of a dangerous Tuberculosis pandemic and we’re not doing enough to stop it.This is bad. Tuberculosis (TB) has been a global pandemic for over a decade now; we already knew it was...
