In Africa, HIV is now a woman's disease
AIDS has long been considered primarily a men's disease, bu the United Nations has now reported for the first time that more more women than men are infected with the AIDS virus in Africa, the site
AIDS has long been considered primarily a men's disease, bu the United Nations has now reported for the first time that more more women than men are infected with the AIDS virus in Africa, the site
Seeking to win the active support of environmental groups that have so far failed to muster much enthusiasm for his presidential campaign, Vice President Al Gore has announced that President Bill
With Haiti and Jamaica bracing for a hurricane, the storm grew stronger Monday as it shifted eastward and could threaten Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin
A Japanese rocket carrying a satellite failed to reach orbit and was deliberately destroyed Monday, a spokesman for the National Space Development Agency of Japan
The quake was the most severe to strike northwestern Turkey since the major shock that tore through the region on Aug. 17, killing more than 20,000 people. This one measured a powerful 7.2 on the
The Pentagon's effort to develop an anti-missile system to defend the United States remains hampered by inadequate testing, spare parts shortages and management lapses, according to an independent
The European food safety commissioner, David Byrne, said Tuesday that the European Commission had decided to start legal action against France over its refusal to lift a ban on British beef in
Worried about growing resistance to genetically modified foods, some of the world's biggest biotechnology companies have decided to mount a huge lobbying and marketing campaign to counter their
Under a program that permits whaling for scientific research, five Japanese ships set sail Tuesday for the Antarctic to kill 400 minke whales that will be consumed as gourmet meat back home. The
Prime Minister Tony Blair waged a determined campaign for two and a half years to repair Britain's relations with its European Union partners and persuade Britons that the country's interests lie in