Global Health

Mika Askiyah, 39, is busking on the street. To earn a living, waria in Indonesia often do sex work or sing on the street for tips.

Transgender Women Of Indonesia Have A Champion In A 26-Year-Old Doctor

9:20am November 03, 2017

Across Indonesia, transgender women known as "waria" create community and look out for one another. Health care is a challenge, but one doctor is making a difference.

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Researchers draw blood from a boy enrolled in the dengue study at a clinic in Managua, Nicaragua.

Scientists Solve 50-Year-Old Mystery About Breakbone Fever

5:20pm November 02, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

For decades, scientists have noticed something particular about a mosquito-borne virus: The second infection can cause your blood vessels to leak, like with Ebola. Now scientists think they know why.

Clad in shimmering minidresses, the 23 contestants in this year's Miss Peru pageant each stated a fact about gender violence.

Miss Peru Contestants Startle Peruvians By Sharing Stats On Gender Violence

2:56pm November 02, 2017

by Elda L. Cantú

October saw several high profile cases of violence against women in Peru. So the beauty pageant decided it was time to speak up. How did Peru react?

UNICEF Report: 300 Million Cases Of Violence Against Children Ages 2 To 4

7:13pm November 01, 2017

by Diane Cole

A new report takes account of the harm inflicted on children, starting in infancy and going up through adolescence (a teenager is murdered every 7 minutes).

Monsoon rains flooded Mumbai in August 2017. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can spread diseases like dengue fever. Drought has affected the health of Somalians.

How Climate Change Is Already Affecting Health, Spreading Disease

3:08pm October 31, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

For decades, scientists have predicted how climate change will hurt people's health. Now an international team of researchers say they're already seeing some of the damage.

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Nirma, 16, plays with her friends. She is married but still lives with her parents and talks to her husband on the phone sometimes. She is nervous about the duties she'll have to take on when she does move in with her husband. At the moment, she hopes to

Prize-Winning Photos Show A Different Side Of Instagram

11:30am October 29, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

Getty has given grants to photographers who focused on child brides in India, family members who have been out of touch and youth who have been incarcerated.

Agnes Binagwaho Is A Doctor With 'Sassitude'

7:00am October 28, 2017

by Sasha Ingber

When she was a "little mouse," the Rwandan pediatrician tried to make as much noise as a lion. Now as a global health activist, she's learning to make change "without screaming too much."

An Ethical Dilemma In A Case Of Conjoined Twins From East Africa

5:42pm October 27, 2017

by Greta Jochem

In their home country, they could not get medical care because of the stigma surrounding their condition. Then came the chance to come to the U.S. for treatment.

An Afghan amputee lifts weights at the International Committee of the Red Cross facility for war victims and the disabled in Mazar-i-Sharif. In September, a patient shot and killed a staffer, closing the center for a month and contributing to a decision t

Health & Safety

Red Cross To Scale Back In Afghanistan

6:57pm October 26, 2017

by Sasha Ingber

The group has operated in the country for 30 years. The decision comes after an unprecedented attack on a physiotherapist in September.

Health & Safety

Wake Up, Sleepy Ikea Shoppers!

3:47pm October 26, 2017

by Yuhan Xu

In China, customers like to take naps on the sofas and beds. Ikea is trying to stop that. So is a Chinese comic — who this month posted videos in which he awakened the nappers.