Uganda ebola toll rises to 80
The death toll from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in northern Uganda has risen to 80, after 5 more people in a period of 24 hours, a national health official
The death toll from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in northern Uganda has risen to 80, after 5 more people in a period of 24 hours, a national health official
The typhoon designated Xangsane moved out to sea, but not before leaving 53 dead and 10 missing and afflicting Taiwan with it was worst flooding in three decades, officials
Small towns in China are experiencing an upreported, unrecognized AIDS epidemic. A few covert studies suggest that towns have some of the highest locaized rates of HIV infection in the world-some say
India has made tremendous progress in eradicating the ancient scourage of iodine deficiency, the single most preventable cause of mental retardation, by making cheap, iodized salt available to most
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Italy, France's biggest beef market, joined a string of European countries closing their doors to some imports of cattle and beef from France because of fears of "mad cow"
For months, President Thabo Mbeki doggedly endured a relentless shower of censure, refusing to agree that HIV causes AIDS and dismissing his critics as "blind defenders of the faith." The South
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In a decision giving copyright holders greater control over the way people use books, movies and music that are distributed in digital form, the U.S. Copyright Office has endorsed a new federal law
Thousands of Britons forced out of their homes by the country's worst floods in 50 years were told that the chaos was unlikely to ease until next week. About 5,000 homes and business have been