Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder

4 weeks ago | usnews.com | Pamela Falk |Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder |Steven Ross Johnson

UNITED NATIONS – Deaths of children under 5 years old have dropped globally by more than half since 2000, according to new information from UNICEF, which credits “sustained investments in child survival worldwide.”But the update from the international children’s agency wasn’t all good. It came with a dire warning about the future. "That progress is at risk.

1 month ago | usnews.com | Steven Ross Johnson |Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder

The world’s top infectious disease killer has seen a resurgence in recent years, including in the U.S.Globally, cases of tuberculosis, which is caused by bacteria typically affecting the lungs and is spread through the air, reached an estimated 10.8 million in 2023, according to a 2024 World Health Organization report, compared to 10.7 million in 2022 and 10.1 million in 2020.