(Reuters Health) – Early menopause is more likely among women who were exposed to famine in the womb, a recent study in China suggests. Researchers compared the timing of menopause for 751 women born during a famine in China from 1959 to 1961 and for 1,029 wom... More »
Women and children wait to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola War-ravaged South Sudan has hiked work permit fe... More »
Children attend a class at a primary school in Muna Garage IDP camp, Maiduguri, Nigeria November 7, 2016. UNICEF/Naftalin/Handout via REUTERS Aid agencies must get food to close to 3 million people by July to avert a famine in Africa’s Lake Chad region caused ... More »
