Intense flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul killed at least 136 people, left 131 people missing, and displaced more than 400,000 people on May 9th, 2024.    The rain has flooded entire cities,...

By: Natalie Norman-Kehe Although many problems occurred within the mere months before the 2016 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee chose Rio De Janeiro to be the official host of the...

By: Maddie O’Shea Outbreaks. Fear. Chaos. All these words define the threat that health officials to athletes feel about the upcoming Summer Olympics held in South America. Despite efforts...

By: Irene Ciocirlan A bite from a certain mosquito can cause more damage than just an itch. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency as of...