global health

Newly appointed Hawking Fellow, Bill Gates KBE, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks after receiving the Professor Hawking Fellowship 2019 at the Cambridge Union, Cambridge, on Oct. 7, 2019.

Bill Gates Makes Hopeful Predictions for Global Health

Bill Gates told an audience at the University of Cambridge on Monday that g...

Bill Gates told an audience at the University of Cambridge on Monday that global malnutrition will be solved and malaria will be virtually eliminated by 2040 if world leaders choose to fund scientific innovation. Speaking...

A masked medical staff holds up a vaccine for measles and mumps at No39 Children's Polyclinic in Moscow, Russia on March 1, 2019.

More Than 20 Million Children Worldwide Miss Out on the Measles Vaccine Annually, UNICEF Reports

Around 169 million kids missed a first dose measles vaccine from 2010-2017,...

Around 169 million kids missed a first dose measles vaccine from 2010-2017, a shortfall that has paved the way for a global disease outbreak

Red Cross staff work on a measles vaccination campaign in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 16, 2019

Measles Cases Are Increasing Worldwide Amid 'Mistrust and Complacency,' U.N. Warns

Last year, 98 countries reported an uptick of measles cases, according to a...

Last year, 98 countries reported an uptick of measles cases, according to a UNICEF report

Nigeria’s ‘Flying Midwives’ Are Helping Save Moms and Babies

In the small, whitewashed medical clinic of Banki, one of northeastern Nige...

In the small, whitewashed medical clinic of Banki, one of northeastern Nigeria’s largest camps for internally displaced people (IDP), midwife Stella Aneto takes a rare pause between deliveries to catch her breath. Before wiping down...

Figure of man walking on a wooden walkway in the sea.

Global Suicides Have Declined by a Third Since 1990, a Study Finds

But experts think more could be done to prevent deaths

Cows graze in the fields and farms outside of Petaluma, Calif. on Dec. 26, 2003.

Switching From Beef to Alternative Proteins Will Reduce Diet-Related Deaths, the WEF Says

It could also reduce food-related greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter

A child receives a vaccination against measles by a family physician on April 16, 2018 in the Romanian capital, Bucharest in Europe.

Measles Is Returning to a Range of Places — But Not for the Same Reasons

By now, measles ought to be optional. As long as parents are conscientious ...

By now, measles ought to be optional. As long as parents are conscientious and governments are competent, no child has to contract the sometimes fatal disease again. But across Europe and in the U.S., that's...