GlobalPost — Health

The Bug Wars: Fighting malaria

News Desk — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:58:25 +0000

A GlobalPost special report on a deadly, and decidedly global, disease

Asia's pushback to big tobacco

Patrick Winn — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:30:28 +0000

The cigarette industry wants a bigger slice of Asia. Activists want them to butt out.

Fat in Japan? You're breaking the law.

David Nakamura — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:13 +0000

As the health care debate rages in the US, Tokyo lawmakers set a maximum waist size. Are you too fat for Japan?

Swine flu panic — and politics — hit Ukraine

David L. Stern — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:51 +0000

The H1N1 outbreak has led Ukrainian officials to accuse each other of inappropriate responses.

The asses of New Delhi

Jason Overdorf — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:41:40 +0000

With a year to go before hosting the Commonwealth Games, Delhi targets the poor. Its donkeys, too.

Irish pols protest proposed drunk-driving limits

Conor O'Clery — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:44:54 +0000

The proposed 0.05 percent BAC would only cover one pint of Guinness.

In India, C-sections are in the stars

Mridu Khullar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:00:33 +0000

When's that baby due? The astrologer knows.

Child sex boom fueled by poverty

Deena Guzder — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:24:47 +0000

It's just another dark day in Thailand.

Storm may be over, but trouble still brews

Carlos H. Conde — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:53:41 +0000

An outbreak of a water-borne disease in the Philippines highlights the inability of communities to cope with the storm's aftermath.

Fake Viagra, and more, in Bangkok

Patrick Winn — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:54:24 +0000

Pharmo-piracy sweeps Thailand, and the rest of Southeast Asia. It's a deadly problem.

Canadian health care — it's their right

Sandro Contenta — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:19:24 +0000

In contrast to the US, where health care is a commodity, Canada has, so far, treated it like a human right.

Need a cadaver? Head to Taiwan

Jonathan Adams — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:12:02 +0000

Video: With the help of a Buddhist group, Taiwan's "Silent Mentors" program has brought in the bodies for science.

The dark side of medical tourism

Jason Overdorf — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:13:20 +0000

India's showcase private hospitals have made it easier for the country to forget about the poor.

A Big Mona with fries?

Mort Rosenblum — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:13:17 +0000

Escoffier, Brillat-Savarin and, yes, Julia Child would turn over in their graves at the state of French food.

China: Living in the shadows

Thomas Mucha — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:36:35 +0000

Special report: An intimate look at China's migrant workers, plus running coverage of the country's changing economy

Swine flu causes controversy in Russia

Miriam Elder — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:24:03 +0000

One official accuses the other of a "terrorist act" for reporting a possible swine flu death.

No smoking in Chile? No way.

Pascale Bonnefoy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:32:23 +0000

Chileans are still the heaviest smokers in the region despite a strict anti-tobacco law.

Americans seek stem cell treatments in India

Mridu Khullar — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:54:12 +0000

Unfettered by embryonic research restrictions, Indian scientists are offering stem cell therapies that cure the previously incurable.

Binge drinking among Spanish teens on the rise

Cristina Mateo-Yanguas — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:21:56 +0000

In a troubled society, traditions make it easy to look the other way.

Planet Health Care

Thomas Mucha — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:19:04 +0000

As debate rages in Washington, the answers are out there. You just need to know where to look.

Special Report: Health care in Taiwan

Jonathan Adams — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:17:45 +0000

What can the U.S. learn from one of the world's best systems? Plenty.

Is Germany's health care a good model for the US?

Paul Hockenos — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:29:16 +0000

Analysis: One freelancer in Germany thinks the health care system there could work in America.

Indonesia's latest earthquake disaster

Peter Gelling — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:35:21 +0000

Our correspondent on the ground in Sumatra weighs in on fear, folklore and desperate rescue efforts.

How to profit from catastrophe

Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:35:08 +0000

At an economic gathering in China, the talk was about the business of risk.

The coming war for water

Jason Overdorf — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:22:21 +0000

Kashmir's mighty rivers are a source of strife on the subcontinent.

Death row, Japanese-style: "Cruel, inhuman and degrading"

Justin McCurry — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:37:05 +0000

Does Japan drive criminals insane? And execute them anyway? Amnesty International thinks so.

Scandinavia fights female circumcision

Marcus Oscarsson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:58:10 +0000

Sweden, Denmark and Norway try to stop genital mutilation among immigrants at home and abroad.

Child mortality rises in South Africa

Nicolas Brulliard — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:20:43 +0000

New health minister launches programs to prevent more deaths.

In Australia, green wine is good

John Cokley and Louise Kuchel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:21:45 +0000

In a land where many consider beer and wine to be household staples, liquor companies see value in backing a new carbon footprint policy.

Monkeys, gods and karaoke: Hiking in Taiwan

Jonathan Adams — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:10:28 +0000

There's never a dull moment on the slopes of this hiking-happy island.

The China syndrome: rural health care

Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:29:50 +0000

In rural China, debt is often the most pernicious killer.

In the real world, health is a human right

Mort Rosenblum — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:23:15 +0000

Mort Rosenblum's take on why America needs to focus on prevention, not intervention, in health care.