Malaysians wonder : how to save the tiger?
The capture of two cubs from among Malaysia's rapidly dwindling tiger population in the past week has reopened debate over the long term future of the country's national animal. The two year old cubs
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Signs of warming in mars ice cap
Even mars it seems may be in the throes of global climate change. Photographs of the planet's south polar ice cap, taken by a spacecraft in 1999 and again this year, have revealed a marked erosion of
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South Africa court orders HIV care
The South African government must provide HIV treatment to pregnant women to help prevent transmission of the AIDS causing virus to their unborn children the High Court
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Experts fear spread of Ebola from Gabon
Health authorities fighting an Ebola outbreak in Gabon said they feared the deadly virus could spread to neighboring countries after some patients moved away from the main affected
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After years of denials, U.S. links to Gulf war
After years of denying any link between illness and service in the Gulf War, military officials now say that veterans of the conflict are nearly twice as likely as other soldiers to suffer the fatal
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Anthrax tests show resilience of spores
The anthrax spores that settled on floors and desks in the office of the Senate majority leader, Thomas Daschle, can be stirred up and made airborne again much more easily than had been thought
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In central China,the routine prescription for AIDS is silence
As the central government of China takes steps to address its growing AIDS problem, officials in some of its most seriously affected areas in central China are doing little to help patients or to
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More Ebola deaths feared in Gabon
Health experts were headed to the central African country of Gabon, where 11 people have died from the highly contagious Ebola virus. The number of deaths was expected to rise, but it was not
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What farm reform?
Next September the 1996 farm bill the Freedom to Farm Act expires. It has been a failure in almost every respect. It promised to reform a system of federal farm subsidies that had grown equitable
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Thai Elephantiasis outbreak
Bangkok could face an outbreak of elephantiasis, the mosquito-borne disease that causes arms, legs, and genital organs to swell to enormous