1 of 2 possible Ebola patients in Brazil tests negative amid Congo outbreak
The WHO said these five cases exemplify that recovery from the illness is possible, even without approved treatments or vaccines.
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Impact of pandemic on farm workers
Undocumented immigrant farm workers in the United States are feeling the impact of this pandemic and they do not qualify for much help from our government. The group Doctors Without Borders recently joined efforts in Immokalee, Florida, to help provide crucial medical help. An outbreak among these workers would affect the economics of not just our food supply chain, but of many families in Latin America who rely on their wages. Maria Elena Salinas hosts “Pandemia: Latinos in Crisis,” a CBS News special.
At least 7 dead after Doctors Without Borders facility in South Sudan targeted
The aerial bombing on Saturday in South Sudan killed at least seven and caused significant damage to the hospital's pharmacy, destroying all medical supplies.
Doctors Without Borders chief on Israeli bombing campaign
Avril Benoit, Doctors Without Borders executive director, and Janti Soeripto, Save the Children president, join "Face the Nation" to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas. "What we have seen time and again for the last six months, is that Israel is conducting this war in a way that completely disregards the need to protect civilians at all costs," Benoit said.
Israeli strike kills Gaza aid worker: Agency
A staffer with Doctors Without Borders was killed by an Israeli airstrike as he cycled to work in Gaza City, according to the humanitarian aid agency. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab is following the news.
Rafah hit by Israeli airstrikes overnight
The CBS News team in Gaza reported hearing heavy gunfire and explosions across Rafah overnight and said dozens were killed. Avril Benoit, the executive director of Doctors Without Borders, tells CBS News Israel's plans for expanded operations in Rafah are heightening fears among Palestinians who evacuated northern parts of Gaza earlier in the war.
Doctors Without Borders urges more Gaza aid
The United Nations estimates nearly 80% of Gaza's population has been displaced from their homes as a result of the Israel-Hamas war. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatrician with Doctors Without Borders, joins CBS News to shine a light on the medical conditions Palestinian civilians are facing.
Gaza's largest hospital caught in fighting
Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said the health sector in the Palestinian territory was "in a state of complete collapse" on Monday with three major hospitals completely out of service amid a lack of fuel and water. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
Catastrophic conditions inside Gaza hospitals
Thousands of people who were sheltering in a Gaza hospital are evacuating as attacks against the hospital have "dramatically intensified," according to Doctors Without Borders. The Israeli military said its forces have encircled three hospitals in the territory, and have repeatedly said that Hamas hides forces and supplies within civilian infrastructure. Ramy Inocencio has more from Tel Aviv.
Doctor discusses humanitarian crisis in Gaza
As the humanitarian crisis escalates in Gaza, doctors are on the ground working to provide lifesaving medical care. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care doctor for Doctors Without Borders and a co-founder of the GazaMedicVoices social platform, joins CBS News from Amman, Jordan to discuss the dire conditions in Gaza. If the fuel shortage continues and the territory runs out of critical and life-saving resources then "it is a death sentence for all of these patients," Haj-Hassan said.
Doctors Without Borders on hospitals in Gaza
Avril Benoît, the executive director of Doctors Without Borders, joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss what her organization is seeing on the ground in Gaza. She says hospitals are overwhelmed and experiencing shortages of supplies, medicine and fuel for generators.
More aid needed in Gaza: Charity director
Humanitarian aid has started trickling into Gaza from Egypt. But it's "not nearly enough," Avril Benoît, the executive director of Doctors Without Borders, tells CBS News. Benoît said there are still shortages of water, food, fuel and medicine.
Sudan's health care system in crisis
The violent power struggle in Sudan has devastated the country's health care system. Executive director of Doctors Without Borders, Avril Benoit, joined CBS News to discuss the crisis.
Doctors Without Borders manager on Sudan
Sudan entered its fifth day of fighting after an internationally brokered truce fell apart. Abdalla Hussein, an operations manager from Doctors Without Borders for Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and Liberia, discusses how the organization is seeking to help civilians who have fallen victim to the violence in the country.
Aid worker on earthquake relief efforts
Doctors Without Borders is sending support to Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes which hit the region Monday and have claimed thousands of lives. Sherwan Qasem, who is from Syria and works on the organization's emergency desk in Amsterdam, discussed what it has been like to manage operations for his home country while living abroad.
Crews race to distribute aid after Haiti earthquake
First responders are struggling to get food and medical care to survivors of the Haiti earthquake. Vladimir Duthiers embedded with Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince.
Newborns among 14 killed in attack on Afghan maternity ward
No group has claimed responsibility for the brazen attack on a Kabul hospital, but the area has been plagued by ISIS-linked militants before.
Doctors Without Borders dispatches team to the Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation has more coronavirus cases per capita than any state in America.
Doctors Without Borders urges pharma to slash TB drug price
Making the life-saving medication more affordable would improve cure rates and ease treatment, group says
Aid worker: U.S. returning migrants to "war zones" in Mexico
Doctors Without Borders' Sergio Martin has worked in war-torn countries for years. He never imagined witnessing so much violence in areas the U.S. is sending thousands of asylum seekers back to
Rescue ships carrying migrants dock in Spain as debate roils Europe
After days of bickering and food and water running low on the ship, Spain stepped in and granted the rescue boats entry
Hundreds killed as Saudi coalition closes in on rebel enclave
Fighting escalates in Yemen as forces near Red Sea port of Hodeida, a vital lifeline for food and medicine
2 infected Ebola patients flee treatment center
Number of suspected Ebola cases continues to rise as experts emphasize that more community engagement is needed
Aid group says shocking number of Rohingyas killed in 2 months
Doctors Without Borders says at least 6,700 Rohingyas killed in just 2 months in crackdown by security forces
Risking life to save lives in Syria
A Chicago surgeon puts his life on the line to save victims of Syria's civil war in hospitals targeted by the regime
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