By AMY HARMONMARCH 30, 2016 A female Aedes aegypti mosquito takes a “blood meal” from Ben Matthews, a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University. Dozens of…

Many Americans are woefully misinformed when it comes to understanding the risks of Zika virus, a new Harvard poll has found. The mosquito-borne virus may…

Timberland Commissions Study to Test Feasibility of Reintroducing Cotton as Haitian Export Crop Timberland, Smallholder Farmers Alliance and Impact Farming Join Forces to Explore Expansion…

The number of confirmed and suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil associated with the Zika virus rose to 5,200 in the week through March 19,…

Ann Swanson- Washington Post Health authorities with the help of the Cuban army fumigate against the Aedes aegypti mosquito to prevent the spread of zika,…

Panama has registered a baby born with a brain disorder believed linked to the Zika virus, in what is thought to be the first such…

Observations from French Polynesia during a Zika virus outbreak 2 years ago add the virus to the list of pathogens that can trigger Guillain–Barré syndrome…

Timberland Kicks Off National Tour of Documentary Film “KOMBIT: The Cooperative” Commitment to plant five million trees sows seeds of hope in Haiti Global outdoor…

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti says it has recorded 96 people have died from cholera during the first two months of this year….

Carol Pearson VOA News: Scientists are making new discoveries about the Zika virus almost daily, and the more they learn, the more frightening the virus…

Ianka Mikaelle Barbosa, 18, poses for a photograph with Sophia, 18 days old, who is her second child and was born with microcephaly, at her…

Emma Thomson – Financial Times. Long beset by corruption, colonial rule and natural disasters, the nation is at last beginning to attract adventurous travelers Trekking…

Pregnant women who become infected with Zika virus may be at risk for not only having a child with microcephaly, but also having a fetus…

By Jacob Kushner PUBLISHED March 3, 2016 LETANT, Haiti—On a recent calm day, the surface of Lake Azuéi has no waves, not even any ripples….

The most famous spots for single-origin chocolate are the countries cacao lovers already know well, like Costa Rica, Columbia, Bolivia and the Dominican Republic. Haiti,…

By Franco Ordoñez fordonez@mcclatchydc.com A dozen new Zika cases are raising worries that the virus may be more easily contracted through unprotected sex than originally…

By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@miamiherald.com At least one person is dead and four are missing in Haiti after rains triggered mudslides and flooding that damaged more…

Only shriveled carrots and potatoes grow in Carole Joseph’s small vegetable plot. The family’s chickens are long gone. She sold her only tools to buy…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navassa_Island Perhaps we should take possession of this small island to be a big help to our agriculture. It was a source of fertilizer for…

AP News: ORIANI, Haiti –  Only shriveled carrots and potatoes grow in Carole Joseph’s small vegetable plot. The family’s chickens are long gone. She sold…