Jason Beaubien
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Why cholera is striking in Africa. It's a disease that's easy to control with proper treatment. But without medical care, patients can perish quickly. -
Access to water for the Crimean Peninsula was one of the issues that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. -
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 has spread rapidly around the world, some countries have re-imposed lockdowns.
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More than 400 people who died of COVID were secretly interred in a mass grave on the outskirts of the city of Iquitos. Families are demanding a proper burial for their loved ones. -
Namibia's president says disparate global rates of vaccination represent "COVID apartheid." When you compare percent of people vaccinated in the most populous countries, you can understand his ire.
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A rare blood clotting condition has occurred in some people after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. If the new research is correct, it could mean that blood clots could be easily treated. -
Why are numbers so high in the region? Public health officials point to a number of underlying problems that let the coronavirus run amok.
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Back-to-back hurricanes have taken an unprecedented toll on the Central American nation and its neighbors. -
The No. 1 and 2 causes of death remain the same, but there have been a number of notable changes. And now there's a new disease to assess on the global landscape: COVID-19.
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A new report describes a region where hunger and malnutrition are sharply increasing — and only likely to get worse as COVID-19 pushes more people into poverty.
