Elaine Munroe hands out syringes to drug users to prevent HIV's spread because pharmacies won't

Australia is battling its worst diphtheria outbreak. Here's how you can stay safe

Diphtheria is a bacterial disease we thought we'd left behind, but gaps in adult vaccination and overcrowded housing conditions have given it a foothold again.

Elaine Munroe hands out syringes to drug users to prevent HIV's spread because pharmacies won't

Sitting across a trafficking route where meth and cocaine is passing through Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Solomon Islands, not all drugs leave.

As forests fall in West Papua, communities warn of impacts on food and health

Indonesian biofuel projects are tearing through forests in West Papua and pushing people off their customary land

In California, Sela Langi is sewing to serve her Tongan community

For Tongans in the diaspora, sewing can be the thread between culture, identity and your island home.

What do you get when you cross eddoe and dasheen? A climate-ready taro for the future

One of the world’s oldest staple crops is being reshaped for a hotter, drier future in Papua New Guinea, where scientists are developing climate-resilient taro hybrids designed to withstand drought, heat and rising salinity.