Lockdowns imposed to curb the coronavirus’ spread have put millions of women in Africa, Latin America and elsewhere out of reach of birth control and other sexual and reproductive health needs

Zimbabwe has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus as the pandemic reaches a health system that has nearly collapsed amid an economic crisis

The coronavirus is now spreading locally within a dozen African nations. And a cruise ship has been quarantined off Cape Town after several passengers shared a flight with a cargo ship worker who shows virus symptoms. African nations have pointed to the number of cases confirmed in people arriving from abroad as the reason to slam shut some border posts...

Sen. Lindsey Graham and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, uniting against a Trump administration idea to withdraw U.S. troops from part of Africa, pushed back during a fiery exchange with Defense Secretary Mark Esper over the weekend, according to four people present at or familiar with the meeting.

As millions of desert locusts descend on Kenya, farmers flail their arms and shout, bang pots and pans, and even swing shovels and blankets to try to stop the insects from destroying their crops. But they are making little difference amid the country’s worst outbreak of the bugs in 70 years. The locusts have swarmed in from Somalia and Ethiopia...

The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday the approval of a vaccine to prevent the deadly Ebola virus, NBC News reports.

Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralyzed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild. In a report late last week, the World Health Organization and partners noted nine new polio cases caused by the vaccine in Nigeria, Congo, Central...

A brilliant flurry in the sky near the Unicorn constellation is expected Thursday night over the eastern half of North America and all South America.

A mineral used in electronics, automotive and even in cosmetics to add sparkle to makeup is being mined in Madagascar by an underground army of child laborers, NBC News reports. Mica is mined by hand in a cluster of sites in Madagascar, an island nation of 25.5 million people located off the southeast coast of Africa. NBC News traveled more...

Mercury is putting on a rare celestial show today, parading across the sun in view of most of the world. The solar system’s smallest, innermost planet will resemble a tiny black dot Monday as it passes directly between Earth and the sun. It begins at 7:35 a.m. EST. The entire 5 ½-hour event will be visible, weather permitting, in the...

The Nubian Square Coalition spoke to a group in Roxbury about the potential name change to Dudley Square. Dudley Square is named for Thomas Dudley, a former governor of Massachusetts who signed pieces of legislation that allowed for slave trade.

A group has proposed renaming Boston’s Dudley Square. Dudley Square was named for a mayor who signed legislation that allowed for the sale of slaves.

Boundary-pushing comedian Dave Chappelle is the latest recipient of the Mark Twain prize for lifetime achievement in comedy, an honor being bestowed Sunday night at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, speaks out in a new documentary about media attention and being vulnerable during pregnancy and new motherhood, NBC News reports. “Any woman, especially when they’re pregnant, they are vulnerable. So, that made things very challenging, when you have a newborn,” Markle says in a preview of a new documentary set to air on ABC...

There may be some bad blood between a former New Hampshire financial adviser and clients he’s accused of defrauding via a fake charity he claimed involved singer Taylor Swift.

A new report says more than one-third of women in four low-income countries in Africa and Asia were slapped, mocked, forcibly treated or otherwise abused during childbirth in health centers and suggests that such mistreatment occurs worldwide. The study published Wednesday in The Lancet medical journal says women in Nigeria, Myanmar, Ghana and Guinea also experienced high rates of cesarean...

Muslim rights and advocacy groups in Massachusetts have accused a suburban Boston city councilor of anti-Islamic social media posts. Revere city councilor George Rotondo Jr. insisted late Tuesday his online posts “are not what they are being called” and said the allegations were “totally politically motivated.”

Happy October 3, everyone! Fans of the movie “Mean Girls” know the significance of the unofficial holiday. On this day, the character Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett) asks Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) if she knows what day it is. “It’s October 3,” she replies. The rest, as they say, is history. Now, 15 years after the film’s release, the cast is...

October 3rd is just so fetch! It’s been 15 years since we first fell in love with the iconic flick “Mean Girls” and one seemingly throw-away line in the middle of the movie. To celebrate the unofficial holiday, the cast of the movie is marking the anniversary by raising money for the Thirst Project.

Prince Harry is carrying on Princess Diana’s legacy. The Duke of Sussex visited a de-mining site in Dirico, Angola on Friday to continue to champion his mother’s landmine clearance work. The royal worked with representatives from The Halo Trust to help clear the area, which was mined during the Angolan civil war. After receiving a safety briefing and learning more...