How do you like your air?
How do you know if you’re breathing clean air? Often you don’t, without access to air quality data.
Years ago, U.S. environmental researchers figured out...
Ebola in West Africa: The goal is zero
The yearlong international health response to combat Ebola has sharply reduced the rate of infection. Pushing case numbers to zero is still the goal.
African Union and U.S. aim to improve public health in Africa
The United States and the African Union partner to create the African Centres for Disease Control to improve public health across the continent.
Who’s cooking? Michelle Obama in Milan.
First lady Michelle Obama visits the 2015 World Expo in Milan to promote healthy eating.
Guess which part of the world is free of measles
Measles has been eliminated in North, South and Central America after 22 years of vaccination campaigns, says the Pan American Health Organization.
A benefit of a free, open Internet: Better health care
We enjoy the benefits of a free and open Internet each time we pay a bill online, download music or take an online course....
Catch your breath … if you can
More than 230 million people worldwide know the breathing difficulty of asthma. Air pollution increases asthma, but treatment and prevention can help.
U.S. military helps people in need in the Americas
"Continuing Promise" brought U.S. military members to Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras to provide medical care and other humanitarian efforts.
Fake medicines cost lives
Counterfeit drugs are a global problem, sickening people who think they are buying medicine to treat a malady like malaria or an infection.