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Map titled “Shipping Aid in Wartime” showing how food shipments to Port Sudan are rerouted because of the Iran War. A solid dark line marks the typical route from Nhava Sheva, India, across the Arabian Sea, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and Red Sea, to Port Sudan, with labels for Salalah, Jeddah, Suez Canal, and Port Sudan. A dashed orange line shows the alternate route looping south across the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope at Africa’s southern tip, and back up West Africa and the Mediterranean before reaching the Red Sea. A note on the map says ships avoiding the Bab-el-Mandeb take this longer route. Caption states that rerouting can add 6,000 miles and more than three weeks of transit time.

How the Iran War Is Straining Humanitarian Aid, in Three Charts

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Aid organizations face meandering shipping routes and soaring fuel costs beyond the price of gasoline

U.S. Recycled Prosthetic Limbs Help Sri Lankan Amputees Walk Again

U.S. Recycled Prosthetic Limbs Help Sri Lankan Amputees Walk Again

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A 200-year-old charity is tapping modern technology to help Sri Lanka weather a silent health crisis

A Virus Hunter's Struggle for Respect in Post-COVID China

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Zhang Yongzhen's recent ordeal is an interplay of personal, cultural, institutional, and political factors

A Virus Hunter's Struggle for Respect in Post-COVID China

UPDATED: Timeline of the Coronavirus

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A frequently updated tracker of emerging developments from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

Photo shows a gloved hand holding a test tube labeled, “2019 nCoV” with two boxes ,marked “Positive” and “Negative.” The positive box is checked.

Smoggy Cities

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Ghostly images of some of the world's most polluted metropolises

Smoggy Cities

Solutions to the COVID-19 Crisis in Asia

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Governments embraced telemedicine and other technology innovations that had previously languished due to red tape

Solutions to the COVID-19 Crisis in Asia

Changing the Course of Cancer in Mongolia

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Inspired by her physician grandmother, Dr. Tsetsegsaikhan Batmunkh has strived to improve care in the East Asian nation 

Changing the Course of Cancer in Mongolia

How the Origins of COVID-19 Became Politicized

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Where the coronavirus came from is no longer a scientific question—thanks to narrative spin, agendas, and misinformation

COVID-19 has seen its share of protest and political theater—like one in London on August 9, 2020, to call attention to Brazil, a country also subject to conspiracy theories over the virus' origins. The photo shows a crowd of performance artists demonstrating with costumes and fake blood splashed everywhere. REUTERS/John Sibley

What Happens When COVID-19 Ends?

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The pandemic has exposed cracks in our health-care systems, shortsightedness of human interests, and poor public policy

A man drives an auto-rickshaw depicting the coronavirus to create awareness about staying at home during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19—in Chennai, India, on April 23, 2020. The image shows a vehicle painted red and covered with crown spikes reminiscent of the virus, which appear to be made of paper mache. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar

South Asia Needs a New Playbook (Now) to Stop the Coronavirus Catastrophe

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COVID-19 offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to correct years of health security neglect and chronic under-investment

A health-care worker waits to test residents during a medical campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a slum area in Mumbai, India, June 30, 2020. The photo shows a worker wearing personal protective equipment standing awkwardly among residents, most of whom aren't even wearing a mask. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Southeast Asia Needs Its Own CDC

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COVID-19 is a baptism by fire and highlights the need for an effective, durable disease control authority in the region

Firefighters wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at the National Monument area to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 17, 2020. Photo shows several workers in bright red protective suits walking though an open area spraying from tanks they carry on their backs. A monument can be seen in the background. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Wahyu Putro

Taiwan's Response to COVID-19 and the WHO

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An interview with Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu on Taiwan's response to COVID-19 and the WHO

Taoyuan health worker Wang Tsui-lien rides a scooter to deliver care packages and to check on people who have been ordered to be under self-quarantine, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on March 25, 2020. Photo shows a motorcycle on an abandoned street in an urban setting. REUTERS/Ann Wang