U.S. found unprepared for bioterrorists
The United States is inadequately prepared to confront bioterrorist attacks, according to a broad range of health experts and officials. The country must develop vaccines and treatments, they say,but
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Asia faces a sudden surge in AIDS
Many Asian countries are on the verge of a potentially explosive epidemic of AIDS, and in a few,notably Indonesia, China and Vietnam, the number of infections is already starting to rise steeply, a
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Deadly virus strikes refugees in Pakistan
A 40 year-old truck driver bled to death four hours after arriving at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan the 34th fatality in 16 months from what doctors suspect is the world's deadliest outbreak of an
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Japan reacts to Mad Cow case
Japan has banned the use of domestic cattle to manufacture medicines and cosmetics after confirming that it had Asia's first case of mad cow disease last month, an official said. Out of 5100
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Rescued from Chinese bile farms, bears get a 2d chance
One bear was missing a hind leg, two has lost their front paws, one had no toes and all were in pain,crushed into cages barely big enough to contain them. But however bad they looked, these were the
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Doctors face unfamiliar foe
Public health officials say vast numbers of the private doctors in the United States are uninformed about how to recognize, treat and report casualties of a biological attack.
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Saving the forest for the trees
Dow BioProducts Ltd. will soon begin making a range of wood-replacement products that will help save trees and CO2 emissions. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Canada Inc.,
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Sowing with a light hand
In 1995, the Portuguese pulp and paper company Soporcel published its Forestry Code of Practice. The code represents Soporcel's commitment to transparency in employing good forestry and environmental
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Hawaii reports 26 Dengue cases
Health officials have confirmed 26 cases of dengue fever in Hawaii's first outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in more than 50 years. All of the cases have occurred on Maui.
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Icelanders get appetite for renewed whaling
Ice land resigned from the International whaling Commission in 1991, complaining that the commission had been taken over by anti-whaling radicals. In doing so, Iceland forfeited its right to catch up