There are a few people in the world who are instantly recognizable with just one name: Madonna, Beyonce, and Rihanna come to mind, as do fellow performers Cher, Elvis, Prince, Bono, and Sting. The ...

Female polio workers were beaten up and locked in classrooms by the staff in a private school in Gulberb during a vaccination campaign.The incident prompted Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to order ...

When Nigeria was certified free of wild poliovirus five years ago, it was a moment of pride not just for our country, but for the whole African region. I still remember that day vividly. After decades ...

As the walls come down on the part of the White House that’s been synonymous with American first ladies for decades, Melania Trump has remained silent. The first lady has not publicly spoken about the ...

OLD MAID. SPINSTER. CHILDLESS CAT LADY. For literally centuries now, everyone from gossipmongers to vice presidential candidates has slung dismissive sobriquets to describe the single woman experience ...

Rachel Nuwer is a freelance writer based in New York City. The number of children who are missing routine vaccinations is increasing, especially in areas where conflict has disrupted basic health ...

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 21 story has been corrected to say 'disease,' not 'infection,' to clarify what the inactivated polio vaccine protects against, whether dosed fully or fractionally ...

FOR ALMOST 80 years, since America’s Bureau of Labour Statistics began splitting data by gender, at least one story has been true: women have been gaining on men. In 1948 just 32% of women were ...

To the editor: When I was very young, my older sister was hospitalized with polio. Amid that feared epidemic, she was one of the lucky ones. Her fever broke, and she recovered. The girl next door was ...

University College Cork provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Twenty five per cent of US voters think that the Republican party has a better plan for women’s rights than the Democrats, ...

DALLAS (RNS) — “Welcome to the fight,” said commentator Allie Beth Stuckey as she greeted the 6,700 conservative Christian women assembled in the Dallas, Texas, arena on Saturday morning (Oct. 11): ...