Tuberculosis still afflicts millions
Smallpox has been eradicated, and polio could follow suit shortly. The world can justificably be proud of such far-reaching public health achievements. Friday is World TB Day. Most people in the
Smallpox has been eradicated, and polio could follow suit shortly. The world can justificably be proud of such far-reaching public health achievements. Friday is World TB Day. Most people in the
Officials ordered the evacuation of 10,000 people Wednesday from towns at the foot of a volcano threatening to erupt. Hundreds had already abandoned homes near the snow-covered Mount Usu on Hokkaido
Eating well-done red meat-whether barbecued, grilled or pan seared-- does not increase a women's risk of breast cancer, but a diet rich in fish, chicken or turkey may offer some protection against
Hoping to put an embarrassing recall behind it, General Motors Corp. said that it had developed a fix for the fire hazard that forced it to take all its first-generation electreic vehicles off the
Two greens party members backed by foreign minister Joschka fischer said Monday that they would run for leadership positions in the ecologist movement, junior partners in Berlin's center-left
Canada has acknowledged that most of its national parks are suffering from serious environmental deterioraiton as a result of mismanagement, oversue and encroaching development. A
Challenging a medical doctrine that has stood for two decades, researchers reported that they have found no evidence that estrogen supplements protect older women from heart disease. The findings are
How a home is decorated speaks volumes about the people who live there. It may also have a say in how much pollution they are exposed to . A study of benzene pollution in six European cities found
The U.S. and Japanese governments agreed Thursday to settle their dispute over the commercial incinerator that has been spewing smoke and toxic fumes over a U.S. Navy base in Japan, a senior U.S.
The German Parliament lifted a four-year-old-ban on British beef imports Friday, leaving France as the only European Union country with a ban still in effect. The upper house, which represents