United States
While most victims are white, overdose deaths are rising faster among black people and Latino Americans.
by John Hendren
Inside Story
by Inside Story
Europe
by Sonia Gallego
Health
by Mereana Hond
North Macedonia
by Joi Lee - Viktorija Mickute
Health14 Mar 2019 09:17 GMT
Pneumonic plague is caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas.
Malaysia14 Mar 2019 06:33 GMT
About 500 people, many of them children, received medical treatment after inhaling the fumes from dumped toxic waste.
Pollution12 Mar 2019 13:51 GMT
Scientists estimate pollution caused 8.8 million extra deaths in 2015, more than about seven million caused by smoking.
Tunisia10 Mar 2019 10:35 GMT
Preliminary findings revealed that the deaths were 'likely caused by septic shock resulting from blood infections'.
Democratic Republic of the Congo09 Mar 2019 20:46 GMT
WHO will continue serving the 'vulnerable', Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says during tour of repeatedly raided facility.
Democratic Republic of the Congo09 Mar 2019 15:05 GMT
Attack comes on same day as WHO chief is due to visit the centre, located at Butembo in North Kivu province.
Madagascar09 Mar 2019 12:11 GMT
Close to 1,000 people - mostly children - have died of the disease in the past five months.
Reporter's Notebook 09 Mar 2019 00:06 GMT
Blackout endangers hospital patients already struggling to cope with the economic crisis that's led to food and medicine shortages.
Democratic Republic of the Congo07 Mar 2019 20:09 GMT
Medical charity raises alarm over 'deepening community distrust' as deadly epidemic continues to claim lives.
Africa07 Mar 2019 19:24 GMT
Health workers battling Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo are facing 'a climate of deepening community mistrust' nearly seven months after the outbreak began, Doctors Without Borders warns.
Latin America06 Mar 2019 16:32 GMT
Years of economic hardship are taking a shocking toll on Venezuela's most vulnerable, leaving psychiatric patients without doctors, food or medicine.
US & Canada06 Mar 2019 11:06 GMT
Ohio teen who got vaccinated despite his mother's beliefs speaks to Hill panel.
Colombia05 Mar 2019 16:14 GMT
As Venezuelans pour across the border, health workers in Colombia's Cucuta say that hospitals are at a breaking point.
Vaccination05 Mar 2019 12:05 GMT
Many people continue to resist vaccinating their kids despite small chance of adverse reactions.
HIV05 Mar 2019 08:17 GMT
Although the patient has been in remission for 18 months, doctors cautioned it was too early to say he had been cured.
by Jonathan Kennedy
by Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez
by Yusuf Kabba
by Shaun Mellors