A Ticking Time Bomb in BurundiBurundi is facing its worst, most volatile political crisis since the end of the 12 year civil war in 2005....
Is the Tide Actually Turning Against Boko Haram?Over the last several weeks, headlines have documented numerous military defeats suffered by Boko Haram at the hands of the...
An HIV Outbreak in Rural Indiana is a Global Health Story Set in the USAA community in rural Indiana is beset by an outbreak of HIV. The virus has spread quickly among users of...
Rubella Goes The Way of the DodoRubella has been eliminated from the Americas. More specifically, there has been no indigenous transmission of the virus in North...
Why the Nepal Earthquake Struck at Exactly the Wrong TimeIn 2013, I interviewed Jo Scheuer, a United Nations official advising countries on natural disaster risk reduction. He’d been all...
Earthquake in Nepal: “Our Nightmare Scenario,” Says UN OfficialAn earthquake in Katmandu is shaping up to be an horrific disaster. In 2013, I spoke with Jo Scheuer of...
Humanity Can — and Will — #DefeatMalariaBelieve it or not, humans are winning the millennia old fight against Malaria. Last year about 500,000 people died from...
Why Europe is Dithering as Migrants are DyingThe dramatic deaths of hundreds of individuals, drowned in the Mediterranean, over the course of the last week, have shaken...
Yemen is Fast Becoming a Humanitarian Disaster on Par with Syria and South SudanYemen is a humanitarian disaster. And as the Saudi-led airstrikes enter its 27th day, things are only getting worse. 150,000...