By Noah Smith As an orthopedic surgeon and medical chief of staff at Rand Memorial Hospital, the main hospital in Grand Bahama, Dr. Freeman Lockhart did not expect to be working in a war zone-like...
With rising Covid-19 case counts, economic troubles, a drastic increase in chronic and mental health conditions, and an outflow of doctors and nurses, Lebanon's health facilities are feeling the...
Medical aid is staged, prepped for impacted communities in U.S., Mexico. By Lara Cooper Hurricane Delta battered part of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, and the U.S. Gulf Coast is bracing...
FedEx and Direct Relief Team Up to Deliver More than $11 Million Worth of Critical Medical Resources More than 60 tons of critical aid from Direct Relief will soon offer needed relief to medical...
Health officials and NGOs are drawing on lessons learned during cholera outbreak to combat the pandemic. Haiti has at least 7,743 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and at least 187 deaths, according to the...
COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAFA) airlifting nine 747 cargo loads of masks and other PPE to 12 countries in first round Largest mobilization of PPE to Africa aims to protect one million...
By Noah Smith The massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday has now claimed at least 135 lives, with thousands more injured. Reports claim that 2,750 tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded...
Puerto Rico, which has confronted earthquakes, drought, and Covid-19 in recent months, was deluged by the passing storm system. By Talya Meyers Tropical Storm Isaias, raking a path through the...
By Noah Smith Tropical Storm Gonzalo is continuing its path across the Atlantic Ocean, aiming for the Caribbean’s Lesser Antilles as soon as Saturday. Gonzalo formed late Tuesday, making it the...
Lessons from Ebola are being applied continent-wide, and could work in U.S., says WHO doctor By Noah Smith Africa currently has the second-fewest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the world,...