The UN said that Sudan’s Umm Baru is experiencing one of the worst levels of hunger recorded by its assessments.

This story of a woman whose psychosis began to change after she received treatment for lymphoma is Rachel Aviv at her best.

I’m a global health reporter. When health workers screen small children for signs of malnutrition, they often collect a simple measurement with a tape measure. A typical 2-year-old has an upper arm ...

1 in 11 people globally go hungry. Malnutrition causes nearly half of child deaths worldwide, yet most kids go untreated. The IRC delivers lifesaving nutrition services in 21 countries. Support the ...

The moment Merry Fitzpatrick realized that Gaza’s malnutrition crisis had progressed to a newer and deadlier phase was when surgeons at the few hospitals still operational on the Strip reported that ...

The hunger crisis in Gaza under Israel’s assault has reached a “tipping point,” experts and advocates tell NBC News, with deaths expected to soar if Palestinians do not get urgent relief. And many ...

The boy made no sounds, recalls Dr. Ibrahim Alashi. Not a cry. Not even a whimper. Severe starvation had robbed him of even that, he says. "When I first saw him, I was shocked. His body was extremely ...

ABUJA, July 25 (Reuters) - At least 652 children died from malnutrition in the Nigerian state of Katsina in the first six months of 2025, Mèdecìns Sans Frontières said on Friday, an outcome it said it ...

Gaza City — The head of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City said on Tuesday that 21 children had died across the Palestinian territory in the past three days "due to malnutrition and starvation." "These ...

The hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip has soared “alarmingly” in recent weeks, health workers have warned, with a growing number of children dying of malnutrition while thousands of people across the ...

JUBA, (Friday, June 13, 2025) – A deadly mix of conflict, climate change, and poverty has pushed 2.3 million children aged under 5 in South Sudan into life-threatening acute malnutrition, with rates ...