Catherine Griffin First Posted: Dec 29, 2014 09:24 AM EST Scientists are taking a closer look at what might have led to the catastrophic collapse…

Trees are part of seasonal holiday celebrations in many parts of the world, but in Haiti they are also being used by farmers to earn…

› ‹ As part of the government’s emergency response, community kitchens like this were launched on Ile de la Tortue off the northwestern coast of…

By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online The World Health Organization says it is confident that deaths from malaria could be stopped entirely. Spread…

Wednesday, Felix Solomon Jeune, who represented the Deputy Jacques Thimoléon Stevenson, President of the Lower House, in the presence of local authorities, the agronomist Paul…

By Gregory Viscusi, Tara Patel and Simon Kennedy Oil’s decline is proving to be the worst since the collapse of the financial system in 2008…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Twelve people have died in Haiti as a result of heavy rains unleashed by a cluster of storms in the northern Caribbean,…

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – At least six people were killed as heavy rains pounded the northern and western sections of Haiti, according to…

In 2012 US Geological Survey statistics ranked Chile fourth in the world for untapped gold reserves, after Russia and ahead of the United States. Chile’s…

By Lorena Arroyo BBC Mundo The use of eco toilets not only is preventing diseases by improving sanitation but it could also help the country’s…

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian volunteers have been banned from departing for African countries hit by the Ebola virus, the government said on Friday, citing other…

By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website Kinshasa, pictured in 1955, was at the centre of the pandemic, scientists say The origin of the…

By Kelly Gilblom A mosquito-borne virus that can cause debilitating joint pain lasting for years has spread to the continental U.S. after infecting hundreds of…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americas is raging across the region,…

DANIEL RIVERO @thisisfusion Chikungunya. Say it with me: Chi-kun-GUN-ya. Now just the ladies: Chi-kun. Then the guys: gun-ya. Anyway, get used to hearing that curious…

Canada NewsWire PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Sept. 10, 2014 Generic Pharmaceutical Companies Aid Haiti’s Battle with Chikungunya Health officials anticipate that up to 50 percent of the…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — “It is hard to rein in the use of superlatives when describing the benefits of the Moringa oleifera tree, long known to rural Haitians…

By Lucy Komisar Haiti Democracy Project, Nov 10, 2005 Add former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the long list of corrupt and repressive officials who…

At least 20 New Jersey residents have tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that has spread through the Caribbean. (July 30) AP (Photo: James…