Global Health

A man rides past the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, which was closed after being linked to cases of a newly discovered coronavirus.

Health & Safety

Coronavirus In China: Over 200 Cases, Human-To-Human Transmission

2:48pm January 20, 2020

The World Health Organization will convene a meeting on Wednesday to determine if the newly discovered virus presents a "public health emergency of international concern."

New Respiratory Virus In China Raises A Lot Of Questions

7:26am January 20, 2020

by Nurith Aizenman

A troubling new virus that surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan last month is raising concerns. Health authorities there say they have identified at least 139 people who've been infected.

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Gustavo Ocando Alex and his dad, Gilberto, in 1999. Last year, his father died of a heart attack at age 81.

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His Dad Died In A Venezuelan Hospital. What He Saw In The Morgue Still Haunts Him

1:11pm January 19, 2020

by Gustavo Ocando Alex

When this reporter's father died, he accompanied the body as it was taken to the morgue. The grieving son says it was the hardest walk of his life.

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3 U.S. Airports Will Screen Travelers From Chinese City For New Coronavirus

6:17pm January 17, 2020

by Nurith Aizenman

The CDC says the U.S. will start screening passengers traveling from Wuhan, China for symptoms related to a novel virus that's caused an outbreak of pneumonia in that city.

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The dormitory in an orphanage in Vietnam.

Is It Wrong To Volunteer At An Orphanage?

4:36pm January 13, 2020

by Joanne Lu

There's a growing global outcry over what critics call ''orphanage tourism." But some charities are proponents of volunteering in orphanages.

Public Health Officials hand out disease monitoring information after performing thermal scans on passengers arriving from Wuhan, China at Suvarnabumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.

Chinese Virologists Are Fighting A New Outbreak. Here's What They're Looking For

3:58pm January 10, 2020

by Pien Huang

The new strain of coronavirus is from the same family as SARS, but doesn't appear to spread easily between people.

United Nations peacekeepers stand next to a patient during a visit of the U.N. secretary-general at an Ebola treatment center in Mangina, North Kivu province, last September.

What Will It Take To Finally End Congo's Ebola Outbreak In 2020?

11:21am January 09, 2020

by Nurith Aizenman

As the world's second-worst Ebola outbreak in history drags into a new year, experts think the solution is less about medicine, and more about security.

The Rajasthan government tweeted out a photo of its minister of health Dr. Raghu Sharma on a visit to inspect J.K. Lon Maternal and Child hospital in Kota, where nearly 100 infants died in December.

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Over 900 Infants Died In One Hospital In India In 2019. What Went Wrong?

3:56pm January 07, 2020

by Kamala Thiagarajan

In December 10 children died within a 48-hour period — and that story made nationwide headlines. Politicians are casting blame — and the government is investigating.

Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, is one of the world's most polluted cities, according to crowd-sourced data.

'Scary Moms' Are Part Of The Citizen War Against Pollution In Pakistan

2:16pm January 06, 2020

Environmental advocates in smog-choked Lahore say the Pakistani government has long downplayed the problem of air pollution. That might be changing.

An artisanal fisherman in Mexico shows his small catch of jaiba — a species of crab.

The Plight Of The Old-Fashioned Fisherman On A Changing Ocean

1:21pm January 05, 2020

by Patricia Fernandez

For reasons ranging from climate change to protected zones, fisherfolk who go out in a small boat and use a rod are having a difficult time coming up with a good catch nowadays.