See inside a Caracas hospital, where frustrated workers care for desperate patients
At a busy Caracas hospital, some hallways are dark. There are 11 elevator banks at the facility, but just one can actually move patients — and it’s Read More
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Yemeni conjoined twins die without treatment abroad
Conjoined twin boys born in Yemen who were in urgent need of treatment abroad died on Saturday, according to the local health ministry. Doctors treating Read More
Parents worry that brain injury risk has turned youth football into a game of ‘Russian roulette’
“You guys better follow the ball!” yells Michael Wagner, coach of the El Segundo Little Eagles. The young football players, all of them under the Read More
Phoenix nurse arrested in case of incapacitated woman giving birth
A licensed practical nurse has been arrested on a charge of sexual assault in the impregnation of an incapacitated woman who gave birth last month Read More
Phoenix nurse charged with rape after incapacitated woman gives birth
A nurse who was looking after an incapacitated woman at a long-term health care facility has been charged with raping her, weeks after she stunned Read More
‘I wouldn’t trade it for the world’: Grandparents increasingly becoming primary caregivers
The best part about 10-year-old Akirah Carter’s new home is that she feels safe there. “Now I’m here, I get to go outside. I get Read More
‘We are new Russians’: How a hard-drinking nation curbed its alcohol use
Once the holder of the dubious title of one of the world’s hardest-drinking nations, Russia has fallen steadily down the list — and Eduard Grigoriev Read More
Ebola fears raise concerns in already fraught Congo election
What’s an election campaign without shaking hands with potential voters? Congolese candidates in the thick of an Ebola outbreak, now the second deadliest in Congo Read More
New Zealand law to make medical marijuana widely available
New Zealand’s government on Tuesday passed a law that will make medical marijuana widely available for thousands of patients over time. The legislation will also Read More
Ebola spreads to major Congo city
The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city in eastern Congo, as health experts worry whether the stock of an experimental Read More