A child plays in a Beijing park. Health threats caused by pollution have become a major concern in China. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
Global Health NPR news on world health issues, disease control, public health and sanitation, and health education. Subscribe to the RSS feed.
Global Health
Monday
Friday
Workers with Doctors Without Borders prepare isolation and treatment areas for Ebola patients in Gueckedou, Guinea. Kjell Gunnar Beraas/AP hide caption
Thursday
Doctors Without Borders workers transport a body at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guekedou, Guinea, in April. Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
On the lookout for SARS, an employee checks a baby's temperature at the Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, in 2003. The deadly virus quickly spread around the world once it reached Hong Kong, a central travel hub. Nir Elias/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Monday
Patients who had suffered heart attacks rest while being observed in the emergency room of a heart hospital in Beijing in 2011. Alexander F. Yuan/AP hide caption
Friday
A UNICEF field worker talks to villagers in Liberia's Foya District about how to prevent Ebola disease. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA/Landov hide caption
Wednesday
As Death Count Rises, Health Officials Work To Stem Ebola's Spread
A health worker from Doctors Without Borders examines Ebola patient Finda Marie Kamano, 33, at her home in Conakry, Guinea, in April. The outbreak that began in February is still spreading in West Africa. Sylvain Cherkaoui/Cosmos/Courtesy of Doctors Without Borders hide caption
Wednesday
Most of the rise in the suicide rate in North America and Europe during the economic downturn of 2007 to 2009 occurred among men middle-aged and older. Gary Waters/Ikon Images/Corbis hide caption
Tuesday
Saw-scaled vipers may be small, but they pack a nasty venomous punch. This one, Echis carinatus sochureki, was used in a study on snake venom. Courtesy of Wolfgang Wüster hide caption
Monday
Mexico's 2010 census counted fewer than 5,500 residents in Los Algodones, but more than 350 dentists ply their trade here, serving U.S. and Canadian patients seeking affordable procedures. Ted Robbins/NPR hide caption
A Reason To Smile: Mexican Town Is A Destination For Dental Tourism
Friday
Carp are collected at a breeding farm near the Belarus village of Ozerny in November 2013. Researchers say there's a lot the aquaculture industry can do to be more efficient. Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
A worker wears a mask as he touches a camel at his employer's farm on May 12, outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
A Saudi Arabian man wears a mask to protect against the Middle East respiratory syndrome at his farm outside Riyadh, May 12. Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Kevin Flores, 11, remains under a mosquito net while being treated for dengue fever at La Mascota hospital in Managua, Nicaragua, last fall. Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption