Control of foot-and-mouth is confirmed in study in UK
The British government's claim that the foot-and-mouth epidemic is under control has been confirmed by an independent scientific study.
The British government's claim that the foot-and-mouth epidemic is under control has been confirmed by an independent scientific study.
That elephants have fared poorly in Ivory Coast, historically the region's most stable and richest nation, suggests how difficult the situation is elsewhere. In places of enduring conflict like
A campaign to clean up Mount Everest has removed more than 4.3 tons of garbage from the world's tallest peak, officials said.
Many cancer patients receive chemotherapy at the end of life, even if their kind of cancer is known to be unresponsive to the drugs, according to a study reported in San
Aggressive new guidelines that could nearly triple the number of Americans taking drugs to lower their cholesterol were announced for doctors treating people at risk for heart disease.
For the first time, fewer than one-quarter of the households in the United States are married couples with children, new census data show.
The Bush Administration has sharply criticized Japan for expanding a two-year program that seeks to kill scores of internationally protected whales in the name of research.
Australia has passed tough new laws to protect its Great Barrier Reef from pollution and illegal fishing, increasing the maximum fine for environmental offences tenfold.
A pill licensed last week for its striking benefits against one kind of cancer also works exceedingly well against a different and incurable cancer, American and European scientists have reported.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that federal law does not allow a "medical necessity" exception to the prohibition on the distribution of