A new version of the avian (bird) flu with characteristics not previously seen has emerged in China over the past several weeks. The avian flu typically causes both animals and humans infected to be quite ill, while the…
The Centers for Disease Control have issued an outbreak notice that cases of polio have been reported in China for the first time in more than ten years. The CDC is recommending that travelers to…
The worst drought in fifty years is threatening to severely disrupt life in Hubei, Jiangxi and three other southern Chinese provinces, which traditionally have abundant water resources. Emergency rationing of drinking water is in place…
Source: Associated Press Dominican physicians report that cholera has been reported in 28 of the country’s 32 provinces, and the number of new cases has risen about 50% over the last two weeks, according to…
Widespread flooding in Queensland is now affecting an area about the size of California, Nevada and Oregon combined. For you geography aficionados, that is about the same as France and Germany or just over half of…
London is bracing for its third subway strike in as many months over planned cuts to London’s transit network, according to reports on November 2nd. The 24-hour strike by Transport for London, which runs the…
Today the governments of Singapore and Malaysia closed more than 200 schools and issued health warnings as haze from forest fires in Indonesia’s Sumatra traveled over the Straits of Malacca, raising air pollution to its…
Dozens of armed gang members have set up roadblocks to rob drivers en masse in recent days in Rio de Janeiro. Victims have been yanked from their cars in the middle of the streets in…
There’s buzz this week about the recent terrorism warnings for Europe issued by government authorities: can travelers put them to use? If not, what’s the point? A quick sampling of the blogosphere seems to indicate…
A 24-hour strike on October 7th conducted by civil servants will disrupt flights and paralyze state services, shutting down schools, ministries, and local authority offices, and leaving hospitals to run on emergency staff. A four-hour…
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