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Amid the COVID-19 epidemic, there has been a steep drop in patients seeking nonurgent primary care and specialty care.

COVID-19 Hits Some Health Care Workers With Pay Cuts And Layoffs

As the health industry focuses on COVID-19, there has been a big drop in nonurgent visits for primary care and specialty care. Medical practices are being forced to furlough or lay off staff.

Sierra Clark stands in black shirt and denim skirt with background of trees and Meghanlata stands with a green shirt and black skirt with traditional embroidery in front of building

Few Indigenous people see themselves represented in the news. A new project hopes to change that.

Despite all the shifts in national consciousness over the past couple of weeks, we can still say that people of color are deeply underrepresented in…

30 years later: Mussel invasion legacy reaches far beyond Great Lakes

The way J. Ellen Marsden remembers it, when she first suggested calling a new Great Lakes invasive species the quagga mussel, her colleague laughed, so…

A Roma family rides a horse-drawn cart carrying scrap metal out of Romania's Pata-Rât city dump.

'Where Is This Going To Lead?': Roma People In Europe Face Coronavirus Disaster

Many in Europe's largest ethnic minority group live in poor, marginalized communities where conditions could lead to a swift outbreak, say researchers and activists.

<strong>March 17:</strong> The mother of Maj. Ivan Skrypnyk, who was killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, mourns over his flag-draped coffin during a funeral ceremony in Lviv.

Photos: Evacuees flee Russian aggression, leaving cities and loved ones behind

More than 3 million Ukrainians have fled their homes since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. Most of the refugees — around 2 million — are believed to have fled to Poland.

Haitian migrants in Necoclí, Colombia, walk toward boats that will take them to the town of Acandí, across the Gulf of Urabá. The boats can't keep up with the number of Haitians looking to travel from Colombia through the jungle to Panama to eventually reach the U.S.

Thousands of Haitians prepare to trek through Panama's jungle and on to the U.S.

Haitian migrants are camped out on the beaches of this Colombian town, which is a stopover before the Darién Gap leading to Panama. They hope the United States will take them in.

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida poses for a portrait following a news conference Wednesday at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo after his election as party president.

An Uncontroversial Consensus Builder Is Poised To Become Japan's Next Leader

Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, seemed to acknowledge popular wishes for a kinder, more responsive and socially progressive party.

Dr. Janet Woodcock, testifying here before Congress in July, has been serving as acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since Jan. 20. Many public health leaders say letting the agency go so long without a permanent director has demoralized the staff and sends the wrong message about the agency's importance.

The FDA Has Been Without A Permanent Leader For 8 Months As COVID Cases Climb

Dr. Janet Woodcock, an administrative veteran of the Food and Drug Administration since the 1980s, has been acting director of the agency since January. Why is the permanent job so hard to fill?

Stateside 1.4.2018

Congress is starting the New Year with a hangover from the old one. Today on Stateside, we get the Democrats' take on the issues from Rep. Dan Kildee,…

Protesters of new lockdown measures in the Netherlands burned cars and coronavirus testing sites and fought with police.

Angered By New Coronavirus Restrictions, Protesters In Netherlands Clash With Police

Many people are angry that the Netherlands has imposed a new curfew to contain the spread of COVID-19 and new variants of the coronavirus.

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