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September 6, 2017 9:00 am

United States to give Ethiopia $91 million in drought aid for food and medicine (Washington Post)

According to USAID spokesman Clayton McCleskey, Green told Desalegn he was concerned that conditions were deteriorating for people affected by the drought and encouraged the government to “show greater leadership and invest more resources to combat a worsening humanitarian crisis.”

September 1, 2017 9:00 am

Tanzania Gears Up To Become A Nation Of Medical Drones (NPR)

In early 2018, the nation will start using Zipline drones for on-demand delivery of blood, vaccines, medications and other supplies such as sutures and IV tubes.

August 31, 2017 9:00 am

Nepal outlaws menstruation huts, but what will take their place? (CNN)

On August 9, Nepal’s Parliament passed a bill that would criminalize the banishment of women during menstruation. Once the bill goes into effect, set for August 2018, anyone who forces a woman into a menstrual hut will be sentenced to three months in prison or fined US $30.

August 21, 2017 9:00 am

Zika has all but disappeared in the Americas. Why? (Science)

One. That is the total number of locally transmitted Zika cases confirmed in the continental United States this year, as of mid-August. That single case, recorded on 26 July in Hidalgo County in Texas, which borders Mexico, contrasts with hundreds of cases of local transmission last year.

July 26, 2017 9:00 am

'Unprecedented' outbreak of dengue fever plagues Sri Lanka (CNN)

Sri Lanka is facing an “unprecedented” outbreak of deadly dengue fever, with 296 deaths recorded and over 100,000 cases reported in 2017 alone, according to the Red Cross.

July 19, 2017 9:00 am

British baby Charlie Gard to be evaluated by US doctor (CNN Health)

July 13, 2017 9:00 am

The people fighting the world's harshest abortion law (CNN)

El Salvador’s ban on abortion is one of the toughest in the world, but for the first time in 20 years, there are signs the law could be weakened. These are some of the men and women spearheading the country’s movement for women’s rights.

July 7, 2017 9:00 am

Ebola outbreak in Africa ends — but gaps in public health leave region vulnerable (Nature)

“The response was good, but it would not be valid to say that this shows that we’re ready for a larger response in a bigger context — that remains to be seen,” says Daniel Bausch, director of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, an agency created to fill some of the gaps exposed by the 2014 crisis.

June 27, 2017 9:00 am

Scientists in limbo as US Supreme Court allows modified travel ban (Nature)

Justices overturn lower court rulings on policy targeting people from six majority-Muslim countries.

June 13, 2017 12:39 pm

University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, said to be in a coma, released from North Korea (Washington Post)

University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier has been medically evacuated from North Korea in a coma after being detained for 17 months, his parents told The Washington Post on Tuesday.