HIV rate hits 30% for blacks, young gays
Thirty percent of young gay black men are infected with the virus that causes AIDS, according to a study of six large cities in the United
Thirty percent of young gay black men are infected with the virus that causes AIDS, according to a study of six large cities in the United
European Union finace ministers approved a $899 million budget for fighting mad cow disease and warned they would not pitch in any more money if the funds proved
For the first time, doctors have found a treatment that cuts the death rate from sepsis, a devastating complication of many kinds of infection that kills an estimated 225,000 Americans annually. The
Last week, in a leading Canadian medical journal, South Africa went public with its battle to stop the Canadian government from recruiting its desperately needed doctors, who are fleeing South Africa
Oxfam, the influential charity, has begun a campaign to force multinational drug companies to cut the prices of lifesaving drugs to poor
Dozens of Afghan children, exhausted from long journeys with their families to seek food and shelter, have been freezing to death at makeshift refugee camps in recent weeks, according to UN and
Consumers want mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and feel "outrage" when they learn how many supermarket products already are produced through biotechnology, accordint to a US Food
With farmers increasing protest actions, the European Union considered new measures to deal with the mad cow crisis. The European Commission was looking at a plan to put another 1.2 million in older
Despite growing concerns over the use of biotechnology in agriculture, and the variety of bioengineered corn that accidentally entered the food supply, American farmers continue to favor planting
Two scientific laboratories have confirmed finding "very low" traces of plutonium in rounds of depleted uranium weapons fired by NATO warplanes over Kosovo two years ago, the UN environment agency