Jason Beaubien

Mark Green is a former congressman, ambassador — and teacher of English in Kenya. What are aid groups saying about his nomination?

The latest cholera surge is in Yemen, and Haiti is still fighting the world's worst outbreak. Why does this waterborne disease remain a global health risk?

The case numbers are already high in certain countries. It's not only hard to treat — it's extremely contagious.

FBI Director James Comey goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Also, both parties declare victory over a spending bill. And a new report says hospitals in war zones are increasingly targeted.

Syria has seen the most attacks but it is far from the only country where assaults take place.

The daughter of peasant farmers, Edna Kiplagat was the fastest woman in the Beantown race by nearly a minute.

Transmission was eliminated in the United States in the early 1950s. But a new report sees a surprising trend.

Some say they brought a measure of stability. But they also brought cholera — and have been accused of sexual abuse.

Mexico knows how to fight infectious diseases. Tackling a chronic condition like diabetes is a new — and daunting — challenge.

To curb diabetes, Mexico is trying to get people to cut down on soda, eat more healthful foods and exercise. But changing people's habits is easier said than done.

Diabetes has become a public health crisis in Mexico. The government is struggling to pay for care and slow the rate at which people develop the life-threatening metabolic disorder.

The killing of six aid workers in South Sudan was the deadliest attack since the country's civil war began in 2013.

That's what happened at an African business conference in Los Angeles. Not one of the African invitees could get a visa to come to the U.S. And it's hard to find out exactly why.

That's a problem in Bangladesh, where pit latrines have brought rates of open defecation down — but led to the dumping of 'fecal sludge' in waterways. A new study proposes a possible solution.

The fiscal plan "puts America first" by slashing funds from many (but not all) global health and development programs.

The U.N. says Sudan — and three other countries — are the scene of catastrophic famine. What are the causes?

The self-declared republic believes it should not be included on the list along with Somalia. 'We are two different states," says the foreign minister. It's a long story.

For the first time, the World Health Organization has released a list of 12 bacteria that "pose the greatest threat to human health" because of their antibiotic resistance.

Since December, there have been more than 1,000 suspected human cases of yellow fever and hundreds more probable cases in monkeys.

Artemisinin-based medications have long been the treatment of choice for malaria. But late in 2015, health officials in Britain came across a cluster of cases that refused to succumb to the drugs.