Health Care

Caravanistas meet Cuba hero doctors

On July 22, 2016, the 27th Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan participants met in Cuba with doctors who were veterans…

March 22, 2017

U.S. gag rule garrotes global health

The first action President Trump took on his first work day in office was to sign a memorandum signaling a…

February 5, 2017

Zika spreads in U.S., is prevented in Cuba

Transmission of Zika is escalating in Florida. As of Aug. 24, the number of locally contracted Zika cases jumped to…

August 30, 2016

Zika: Crisis of the poor

As the thermometer soars past 90 degrees and Zika arrives in the Southern states, summer won’t be fun and games,…

June 12, 2016

Congreso paralizado mientras Zika azota

Mientras el Congreso estadounidense dota cientos de miles de millones de dólares a la expansión militar, reduce programas de salud…

June 1, 2016

Congress fiddles while Zika looms

While the U.S. Congress votes hundreds of billions of dollars for military expansion, it is squeezing health programs vital to…

May 26, 2016

Cuba, Puerto Rico and Zika

The Caribbean countries of Puerto Rico and Cuba, both located near the Zika hot zone, have similar peoples and climates…

April 3, 2016

Zika spreads north as new evidence links virus to neurological disorders

As the Zika-carrying mosquito, Aedes aegypti, hits Puerto Rico, new evidence reinforces the disease’s link to two neural disorders, microcephaly…

March 25, 2016

Petition says ‘Treat prisoners with hep C’

A coalition of groups is collecting signatures on an appeal to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf “to see to it that…

March 6, 2016

Zika, microcephaly and global climate change

Are deforestation and global climate change responsible for the Zika crisis sweeping across equatorial countries in the Western Hemisphere? Are…

February 25, 2016