West Nile virus poses mystery
West Nile virus appears to be settling in for the long haul. Almost one year after the Western Hemisphere debut of the virus sent 62 people to hospitals, eventually killing seven of them with severe
West Nile virus appears to be settling in for the long haul. Almost one year after the Western Hemisphere debut of the virus sent 62 people to hospitals, eventually killing seven of them with severe
The number of people in Britain to have contracted the human form of "mad cow" disease rose to 79 last month, of whom all but nine have died, according to official figures
Ed Norton, an environmentalist moved to China last year to lead a multimillion dollar bid by the Nature Conservancy to help create a string of national parks and wilderness areas in one of the most
Monsanto Co. has announced that it will give away certain patent rights to speed use of a genetically modified rice that could save millions of malnourished children in poor countries from dying or
The tobacco industry has been waging a sophisticated secret campaign for years to undermine efforts by the World Health Organization to combat smoking around the globe, the agency charges in a
A novel form of cancer treatment, based on a defective virus that can grow only in cancerous cells, has passed another milestone by showing promise in treating patients with recurrent head and neck
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe reverted to a hard line and vowed to extend the seizure of white farms, while telling aid donors to keep their money. "Our land is to us first," he told the
A team of American scientists announced that they had decoded the genetic map of the cholera bacterium, paving the way to revolutionary drugs to fight the disease. Tough and versatile, the comma
Corporate researchers say they have developed an artificial heart valve that they think will grow and change with the patient, even a child. The team at Cryolife Inc. in Atlanta, said their valve is
The European Union opened an antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., pursuing a complaint that the company was abusing its market position in computer operating systems to dominate the market for