H.K. Duck Dealers Fight Hygiene Plan
Traders stopped importing live ducks and geese Wednesday to protest the government's plan to close all retail poultry stalls one day a month for cleaning, which officials said could prevent outbreaks
Traders stopped importing live ducks and geese Wednesday to protest the government's plan to close all retail poultry stalls one day a month for cleaning, which officials said could prevent outbreaks
Tens of thousands of baby penguins face starvation after two giant icebergs broke off the Antarctic ice sheet and blocked their parents access to feeding areas, a New Zealand government agency
Fresh outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease Thursday showed that Britain's battle with the livestock contagion is not over yet. New cases in Somerset and Devon, in an area which had not previously
U.S government scientists say they have found no evidence that any people have had allergic reactions to the genetically modified StarLink corn. The findings, disclosed Wednesday, could dispel
More than 100 people have died in landslides and floods in southern China, the state-run media reported Sunday. In the north, farmers hastened to replant shriveled crops as thunderstorms eased
In the 40 years since the first generation of commercial jets entered wide-spread service, emissions per distance flown have been cut by move than two-thirds and noise levels have been reduced by
In Philadelphia, a researcher discovers areas of the brain that are activated during meditation. At universities in San Diego and North Carolina, doctors study how epilepsy and certain
The South Korean government will summon the Japanese ambassador to protest his country's decision to ban Korean fishing vessels from its exclusive economic zone, the Foreign Ministry said.
Several Republican senators are urging US President George W. Bush to authorize the use of federal money for medical research that involves cells derived from human
A court has ordered the Italian Health Ministry to pay damages to more than 300 people who contracted HIV and hepatitis through transfusions of contaminated blood in public hospitals.