Public health officials agree that the next disease outbreak of infectious disease is imminent. The question is, which one?
This year's Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers report profiles four countries — including the US — that have seen particularly poor health outcomes for the most disadvantaged women and their children following crises.
After a young mother is forced to deliver via C-section, tensions flare over a woman’s right to choose how her child is born.
Patience is required for women visiting a government-run clinic.
Deputy editor of global health Marissa Miley is reporting in Brazil to better understand how women experience pregnancy and childbirth.
Once home to the world’s largest number of polio cases, India recently celebrated three years free of the disease. The country’s unlikely success story is inspiring leaders in other countries where the virus remains endemic.
Opinion: Concerns about the newly approved drug Truvada for HIV prevention are unfounded. It’s worth prescribing, say health researchers at UCLA.
GlobalPost spoke with physician Ari Johnson, co-author of a new study that documents a rapid, tenfold decline in child mortality.
Academics consider the value of rating companies’ global health “footprints.”
Global health advocates are calling for accelerated reductions in child mortality to meet the 2015 deadline, even though they know we won't reach the UN goal. Why many still consider MDG 4 a success story.
A new campaign to end preventable child deaths has reenergized the global health community, but will it be enough?