U.S. census shows a trend toward fuller integration
Black and white Americans are more likely to go home to integrated neighborhoods than they were a decade ago, but the country's Hispanics increasingly live in ethnic enclaves, according to a
Black and white Americans are more likely to go home to integrated neighborhoods than they were a decade ago, but the country's Hispanics increasingly live in ethnic enclaves, according to a
The past month has brought a welcome shift to the pharmaceutical industry's attitude to AIDS in poor countries. Having long resisted pressure to provide AIDS drugs at a discount, the industry has
A harmless virus discovered in 1995 and carried by tens of millions of people worldwide appears to prolong the lives of people who are also infected with the AIDS virus. The microbe, called GB
The environmental activist group Greenpeace warned that Japanese built garbage incinerators on the Thai resort islands of Phuket and Koh Samui were damaging the health of nearby residents.
China said that its first nationwide census in a decade put the mainland's population at 1.26 billion and that growth was slowing.
All 260 sheep suspected of having been exposed to a form of mad cow disease have been killed and tissue samples were being tested at a US Department of Agriculture veterinary
Cuban President Fidel Castro and South African President Thabo Mbeki signed a series of agreements, one of which could clear the way for the two countries to cooperate in producing low-cost AIDS
A wave of baby boomers with Alzheimer's threatens to overwhelm Medicare and other health programs, says a group - Alzheimer's Association - seeking more US government money for research to fight the
Republican moderates are exasperated by President George W. Bush's posture on environmental issues. They are not alone. In less than three months Mr. Bush has begun to remind people of America's last
Millions of people with AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa could be treated with sophisticated antiretroviral drugs for about $1,100 per patient annually, according to a Harvard study.