Medicine

‘Life after cancer’: Nigerian survivors challenge taboos, push for better health care

May 13, 2024Health & Medicine

In Nigeria, as in many parts of Africa, cancer is a taboo subject. Traditional beliefs can make it challenging to discuss. Medical screening and cancer care are difficult, if not impossible, for everyone to access. But cancer survivors are leading the charge to raise awareness and improve outcomes.

People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, April 2, 2024.

Aid worker says they can’t operate after 7 World Center Kitchen staffers are killed in Israeli strike

April 2, 2024Israel-Hamas war

Many parts of the United States are desperately in need of doctors, especially in rural and medically underserved areas.

Virginia bill would give alternate licensing path to foreign doctors

March 14, 2024The World's Global Classroom

Oleksandr lost his right leg during combat. He is now going through rehab at the Unbroken National Rehabilitation Center in Lviv Ukraine.

‘I want to stand up again’: Wounded Ukrainian veterans on the road to recovery

February 20, 2024Ukraine

Why kids struggle with long COVID

February 16, 2024COVID-19

Air quality levels have been bad in Accra since December as harmattan season kicks in across Ghana. The data coming in shows the situation is not improving.

Hazy skies over Accra: Harsh harmattan season in Ghana leads to health hazards, poor air quality

February 14, 2024Climate Change

Severe, dry winds during the harmattan season are not new in Ghana. But experts with the country’s environmental agency say climate change is intensifying these weather conditions, leading to increased respiratory problems and poor air quality in Accra, the country’s capital.

A woman in the forefront and Palestinians running on the Al-Aqsa Hospital grounds in Gaza

Dire conditions in Gaza’s few functioning hospitals, UK doctor says

January 18, 2024Israel-Hamas war

Healthcare professionals are struggling to treat a staggering number of patients in Gaza. The World’s Carolyn Beeler speaks with Nick Maynard, a surgeon who recently returned to the UK after leading an emergency medical team in Al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza.

Children stand in front of the building of the Peruvian Congress as part of a call to demand accountability for cancer patients in Peru, September 2023.

Desperate cancer patients in Peru look for options across the Atlantic

December 22, 2023Health & Medicine

In Peru, cancer patients are facing enormous challenges to be able to survive. The situation is especially dire for children with leukemia. Many die because they couldn’t get access to treatment in time. More and more parents are seeking help in Spain.

Nolotil painkillers are still prescribed in Spain, but is banned in many other countries.

‘People are dying’: A popular painkiller in Spain may have killer side effects

December 15, 2023Health & Medicine

In Spain, the government is facing legal action over one of the country’s most popular prescription painkillers. A patients’ advocacy group claims the drug can have potentially fatal side effects. And Britons traveling in Spain may be most at risk.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Gaza Strip from Egypt in Rafah as a temporary ceasefire went into effect, Nov. 24, 2023.

‘We’re bracing for what comes after’ the truce, MSF Gaza director says

November 28, 2023Israel-Hamas war

Many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip remain in desperate need of humanitarian aid. To find out more about the situation, The World’s host Marco Werman spoke with Avril Benoit, the executive director of Doctors Without Borders in the United States.