Governments rush to meet threat of germ war
The rash of anthrax scares and hoaxes that has swept around the world has driven governments into an intense review of public health planning. Several governments have issued general statements
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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China organ harvest : A prison officer's view
Huang Pan, a Chinese prison official who had fled across the border just hours before, spoke matter-of-factly about the supply of human organs for the vast majority of transplants in China. Executed
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Japan declares its beef safe
Government officials declared homegrown beef safe to eat, despite plunging meat sales and fears that mad cow disease is spreading. But officials said a person suspected of having contracted
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Unborn but ailing: Abortion rights uproar in France
In a landmark ruling that has followed 13 years of litigation, France's highest court has recently ordered that damages be paid not only to the Perruche's family but also to Nicolas himself who was
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AIDS report challenges leaders in South Africa
Widely recognized as South Africa's leading research institution, the Medical Research Council is now often second-guessed. But when the council released mortality figures showing that AIDS had
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Bayer is set to cut cost of anthrax drug
The German based maker of the anthrax treatment Cipro has reached a tentative agreement with the U.S. government to significantly lower the drug's price.
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Uncertainty plagues U.S. anthrax fight
The decision by public health officials to treat thousands of postal workers with Cipro just days after warning against overprescribing the antibiotic was essentially an acknowledgment that they are
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Beyond boundaries : Peace parks in Africa
Earlier this month, 40 elephants crossed the frontier from South Africa to Mozambique-the first of 1,000 elephants that will be relocated to a country where 16 years of civil war have reduced both
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Study on in-flight illness
Four Japanese died over an eight-year period from disorders caused by spending long periods in cramped seating on airplanes, according to a recent study of "economy-class" syndrome, by a
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Dispute on drug patents poses a threat to WTO talks
Amid its own efforts to obtain cheap supplies of Cipro to fight the anthrax threat, the Bush administration is battling to keep Brazil and other developing countries from securing broad rights to