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Dr. Annelys Hernandez (left) checks out Cynthia Louis (right) in Florida International University's Mobile Health Center in Miami on March 3, 2015.

In Florida, A Former Fast-Food Worker Lands In Medicaid Gap

Floridian Cynthia Louis worked at Burger King for 25 years. She left the job because she got sick and then found herself unable to afford health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

None of the biocontainment treatment centers in U.S. hospitals were specifically designed for kids — until now. Texas Children's Hospital aims to fill that gap.

Kids With Ebola, Bird Flu Or TB? Texas Children's Hospital Will Be Ready

A pediatric hospital in Houston is opening a new biocontainment wing — the first in the U.S. designed for children. Kids will even get dolls sporting mini versions of "spacesuits" doctors wear.

Medical debts weigh on Geneva Wilson, who keeps a chicken and rooster in a coop behind her cabin in rural southwest Missouri.

Medicaid Expansion Takes A Bite Out Of Medical Debt

Medical debt is down across the country. In states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the reduction is sharper.

People watch an interview with Saad Hariri, who resigned as prime minister Nov. 4, in a Beirut coffee shop on Sunday. Hariri pledged he would return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia "very soon" in his first television interview since his shock resignation.

After Lebanese Leader's TV Appearance, Doubts Grow About His Future — And Lebanon's

If Saad Hariri's Sunday TV interview with his political party's channel was meant to end rumors that he is being coerced by Saudi Arabia, it didn't work. Hariri resigned as prime minister Nov. 4.

An Afghan amputee lifts weights at the International Committee of the Red Cross facility for war victims and the disabled in Mazar-i-Sharif. In September, a patient shot and killed a staffer, closing the center for a month and contributing to a decision to scale back operations in the country.

Red Cross To Scale Back In Afghanistan

The group has operated in the country for 30 years. The decision comes after an unprecedented attack on a physiotherapist in September.

UNICEF Report: 300 Million Cases Of Violence Against Children Ages 2 To 4

A new report takes account of the harm inflicted on children, starting in infancy and going up through adolescence (a teenager is murdered every 7 minutes).

In September 2005, vehicles jam the northbound lanes of I-45 heading out of Houston, as the southbound lanes sit empty. Residents were fleeing Hurricane Rita, motivated in part by the recent horrors they'd observed when Katrina hit New Orleans.

Why Didn't Officials Order The Evacuation Of Houston?

The specter of Hurricane Rita loomed large. In 2005, millions of people tried to flee Houston — and spent hours trapped on hot, deadly roads.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday.

Trump's Texas Visit Highlights Federal Response Effort

The president said he waited to visit until he could do so "without causing disruption." He sidestepped Houston and instead stopped in Corpus Christi, where Harvey made landfall, and then in Austin.

Not only are kids raising animals and learning the how-tos of vaccinations and record-keeping, 4-H'ers are also being taught how to add up the costs and weigh them against future profits.

For 4-H Kids, Saying Goodbye To An Animal Can Be The Hardest Lesson

After a year of training, feeding and caring for an animal, kids learn what it takes to raise livestock for food and then let it go. And while it can be tough, it's part of the business of farming.

The modest proposal: Keep your daughter in school for two years and don't marry her off and you'll get a goat or two chickens. The animals pictured above live in Ethiopia, where the strategy to stop child marriage was tested.

How Chickens And Goats Are Helping To Stop Child Marriage

A program in Ethiopia promises a farmyard incentive to families that don't marry off an underage daughter.

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