In May of last year, a 10-foot wall with barbed wire known as the “Wall of Shame” divided the wealthy from the impoverished outside Lima, Peru. Lavish white buildings sit on one side of the wall, ...

Sitting at a table with Edwardsville’s Debbie Rathert you might be surprised how thankful she is for the small things in life. Rathert said much of that comes from her trips to Honduras. For 10 years, ...

The concept of the medical mission as a currency for peace has always been an intellectual exercise for me. Very recently, I got to see it in action. My other passion, understanding the keys to ...

A 16-year-old boy in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic, had never breathed through his nose. His grandmother worried day and night that a moment would arrive when she wouldn’t be there – ...

Julie Choueiki, a nurse, remembers going on a medical aid trip with Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) to Greece. While there, the mother of a young boy with a complicated anorectal malformation in need ...

Jessie and Alexis Ross left on an airplane from Los Angeles International Airport on Friday night with their father, Dr. Timothy Ross. The Huntington Beach residents headed to Ayaviri, Peru for a ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A local doctor returned this weekend from a medical trip to Ukraine where they were working to provide aid to the people who need it most. Doctor Richard Paat and his team just ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gisela Canales (PharmD ’21) recalls carefully filling a prescription in Belize for Albendazole, a medication used to treat gastrointestinal issues caused by poor quality drinking water ...

A team from Community Hospital South pose in front of the sign at St. Benedict Joseph Medical Center in Comayagua, Honduras in late February. From right, Dr. Stephen O’Neil, general surgeon; Danielle ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Dr. Michael Huang often has his camera in hand at Rupp Arena or Kroger Field. Recently, the Lexington physician has been able to look at the state of global healthcare from a ...

The following information was provided by USA Health: Volunteer medical staff with USA Health are planning a mission trip to Peru in mid-March, one of the country’s most hard hit by the COVID-19 ...