South Africans sharpen challenge to Mbeki over HIV
If many South Africans seemed willing at first to indulge Mr. Mbeki's questioning of what causes AIDS and of the usefulness of widely accepted treatments, their patience seems to have worn thin. As
If many South Africans seemed willing at first to indulge Mr. Mbeki's questioning of what causes AIDS and of the usefulness of widely accepted treatments, their patience seems to have worn thin. As
Low-fat, high fiber cereals trumpeted as health aids in fact appear to encourage growths in the colon and rectum, according to research published in the Saturaday issue of The Lancet. Scientists in
Swarms of jellyfish consumed so many fish eggs and larvae in the Gulf of Mexico this summer that some scientists are talking about the potential for serious future threats to commercial and
Radiation levels on most of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques are below normal, a U.S. study, said, contradicting claims by opponents of a U.S. Navy bombing range that uranium-tipped ammunition had
The European Court of Justice overturned a law banning tobacco advertising, a major victory for the cigarette companies but a setback for public health activists and the European Commission, which
The massive oil spill that struck southern Brittany's shores in December did more than soil the beaches and the wild, rock-lined coast, slashing the summer tourist trade by a third. For one of the
Researchers say they are homing on a new gene associated with the paralyzing affliction Lo Gehrig's disease, which may shed light on what causes the illness and may offer treatments for it. The new
An official inquiry into the infection of more than 200 Irish hemophiliacs with HIV and hepatitis C has confirmed that the government's Blood Transfusion Service Board knowingly put them at risk
Antibodies made in the lab show promise against disease. "Antibodies have gone through sort of a birth, death and rebirth" said Samuel Waksal, president and chief executive of Imclone Systems, a New
More than 90 people have died in a cholera outbreak in the drought-hit northwestern Afghanistan province of Badghis, according to a report by the United