HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Cholera Chokes Off Border Trade
Elizabeth Eames Roebling ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti, Jan 17 2011 (IPS) – The cholera epidemic ravaging Haiti has […]
Vicious Cycle of Maternal Mortality
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 2 2011 (IPS) – Addressing the National Convention of the Medical Committee for […]
U.S.: Poll Finds Support for Freeze on Nuke Plants
NEW YORK, Mar 24 2011 (IPS) – The United States government has been accused of failing […]
Death Hangs Over Homecoming at Chernobyl
Zoltán Dujisin PRIPYAT, Chernobyl, Apr 25 2011 (IPS) – It was almost 6am on April 26, […]
Germany Pledges Nuclear Shutdown By 2022
DOHA, Qatar, May 30 2011 – Germany has decided to shut all its nuclear reactors by […]
Eleven Million at Risk in Horn of Africa
Denis Foynes UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 2011 (IPS) – I have never seen anything like it. […]
Keeping Healthy Veggies from Turning Deadly
Emilio Godoy* – Tierramérica MEXICO CITY, Jul 13 2011 (IPS) – Fatal outbreaks of food poisoning […]
Serving the Homeless, One Falafel Sandwich at a Time
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 2011 – You may walk past a Pret A Manger shop every day […]
SOUTH AMERICA: “Drug Addicts Are Sick, Not Criminals”
Fabíola Ortiz RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 22 2011 (IPS) – Drug dealers in the favelas of […]
Toxins Rob More Than a Decade of Life from Millions
Stephen Leahy Many small-scale methods for extracting gold involve the use of mercury, which is both […]