Hanifa fidgeted in Dr. Riaz Rayek's office, wincing at the sound of drilling coming from the back room. She was one of a group of girls from Afghanistan who are in the United States to play in an ...

The Iowa Mission of Mercy has served about 14,000 patients, who have received more than $9 million worth of dental care, over its 11 years. Dentists from around the state gave free care to hundreds of ...

Rema Nagarajan is with the Times Insight Group, which has a mandate to look at stories beyond and behind the headlines. She writes mostly on development issues like health and factors that affect ...