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...
Irma is Heading for Haiti. Is the Country Prepared?The strongest Hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic is poised to strike the country in the region least able to...
VIDEO: A BBC Journalist Snuck Into Yemen To Report on the Worst Humanitarian CrisisJournalists routinely hitch rides on UN planes. If there is space on airlifts transporting humanitarian goods and personnel, the UN...
Here’s How Much Even a Small Decrease in Measles Vaccine Coverage Will Cost Hospitals in the USAbout 93% of children aged 2 to 11 in the United States have received their Measles, Mumps Rubella Vaccine–MMR last...
Here’s how much it will cost to give everyone healthcare, everywhere in the worldWith all eyes focused on the healthcare debate in the United States, the World Health Organization yesterday released a report...
A Cholera Outbreak in War Torn Yemen Just Crossed a Major Threshold Cholera is spreading like wildfire in Yemen. The epidemic began in October with 15 reported cases. As of last...
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...
The White House Budget Contains Gratuitous Cuts to Humanitarian Relief, Global Health and the United NationsThe White House budget released today contains massive cuts to the foreign affairs budget. Overall, the proposed FY18 budget is...
