Health
Nepal scrambles to organize quake relief, many flee capital
Nepalese officials scrambled on Monday to get aid from the main airport to people left homeless and hungry by a devastating earthquake ...Shock turns to anger as Nepalese wait for quake assistance
Shock turned to anger in Nepal on Tuesday, as some of the tens of thousands of people stricken by the weekend\'s devastating ...For largest babies, inducing labor may help prevent injury during birth
Some women pregnant with unusually large babies may benefit from inducing labor to reduce the odds that the infants\' shoulders get stuck ...Nepal doctors stay away from work to support colleague
Thousands of doctors in Nepal have stayed away from their work at clinics and hospitals to support a colleague who has been ...Sierra Leone in new anti-Ebola lockdown
Sierra Leone imposed a three-day nationwide lockdown Friday for the second time in six months in a bid to prevent a resurgence ...Chile president meets 14-year-old girl asking for permission to die
Chile\'s President Michelle Bachelet on Saturday visited a 14-year-old girl suffering from cystic fibrosis who made a heart-wrenching video appeal to be ...Jamaican parliament clears way for marijuana reforms
Jamaica\'s parliament cleared the way for decriminalizing marijuana by approving amendments to its Dangerous Drugs Act late Tuesday night.Jamaica passes act decriminalizing small amounts of pot
Jamaican lawmakers on Tuesday night passed an act to decriminalize small amounts of pot and establish a licensing agency to regulate a ...Eating peanuts early could prevent allergy in infants
With peanut allergies on the rise worldwide, a study found that contrary to previous advice, feeding foods containing peanuts to babies before ...British aid worker shot dead in South Sudan
A British aid worker in war-torn South Sudan was shot dead late Tuesday in the capital Juba, the government said.




