health care

For patients and pharmacists in financially stricken Greece, even finding aspirin has turned into a headache.

Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see.

Every Westerner knows that when you’re hurt back home, you call the emergency number and get taken to the hospital, but things in Bangkok work a little differently. Today we talk with Marko Cunningham from Bangkok Free Ambulance, a service that he has run for many years – at his own expense, no less – that provides free ambulance services for those who need it, Thais, tourists and expats alike.

When Thailand scrambled two years ago to fight the H1N1 pandemic that spread quickly across the world, health authorities hit a roadblock faced by many developing countries: they couldn't afford enough vaccines without breaking their budget.

When Thailand scrambled two years ago to fight the H1N1 pandemic that spread quickly across the world, health authorities hit a roadblock faced by many developing countries: they couldn't afford enough vaccines without breaking their budget.