Disease risk spreads amid overcrowded shelters, dirty water and breakdown of basic sanitation

After more than a month of being subjected to sustained bombing, the besieged people of the Gaza Strip are now confronted with another threat to life: disease. Overcrowding at shelters,…

Violent and disturbing war images from the Mideast can stir deep emotions − a PTSD expert explains how to protect yourself and your kids from overexposure

The past few years have been filled with a seemingly endless stream of painful stories and images coming from across the globe, including the loss of more than 3 million…

Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza’s health system – the siege has pushed it into abject crisis

For many patients in Gaza’s besieged north, the order to evacuate from hospital beds and head south amounts to a “death sentence.” That was the stark assessment of the World…