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 […]