It isn't easy to get a blood transfusion in Haiti these days. "I had a call from a friend seeking care for a family member," says Dr. Wesler Lambert, executive director of the nonprofit Zanmi Lasante, ...

The first casualty when the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti was sealed shut over a river dispute was financial, paralyzing the normally brisk trade between the two nations. Now it’s ...

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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has launched www.HealthCareAssistLA.org as an online clearinghouse to help health-care providers reach out to Haiti as the island nation recovers from ...

JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. Navy hospital ship docked in southwest Haiti has temporarily suspended medical services after 19 people with the mission fell overboard amid a heavy swell hitting the ...

A U.S. Navy hospital ship docked in southwest Haiti has temporarily suspended medical services after 19 people with the mission fell overboard amid a heavy swell hitting the Caribbean region, ...

ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Health professionals in Haiti don't feel safe going to work these days. The last time this OB-GYN showed up at her hospital in the capital of Port-au-Prince was December.