A group of migrants at Mexico's southern border sewed their mouths shut to demand that immigration authorities grant them passage toward the U.S.

California's governor announced a milestone, saying his state would become the first in the nation to treat COVID-19 as a manageable, endemic risk

Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020, until now

Rising water now considered "nuisance flooding" will become far more damaging

Nearly 400 Afghans try to acclimate to a very foreign and largely monoethnic South Korea that accepts few refugees

Three consecutive failed rainy seasons have decimated crops and forced families from their homes

Poisoning from snakebites is overlooked because it mostly affects the world's poorest people who lack advocacy