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Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 1,088 shipments of requested medical aid to 39 U.S. states and territories and 20 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 2.3 million defined da…

About three months ago, a woman in labor arrived at Hospitalito Atitlán, in rural Guatemala, with life-threatening complications. Her baby hadn’t yet been delivered. The obstetrician on staff broug…

Rabbi Yaakov Raskin braced his body against a blown-out door, pressing a mattress into the frame as wind and water forced their way inside his home, where his wife and children also steeled themsel…

The coastal capital offers something for travelers of all kinds—here are the best hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for families, couples, and solo travelers.

Over 30,000 residents were asked to evacuate northwest Dominican Republic after the Caribbean nation endured torrential rains in early April. Since the first storms, rains continued into May, creat…

Hurricane Melissa was bearing down on St. Ann’s Parish, Jamaica, but 11 women were still in labor, and the three midwives on duty barely had time to look up from their work. “It was like a conveyor…