Simulated plague to strike Okahoma town
Oklahoma town prepared to become the site of one of the most complex bioterrorism drills over undertaken,complete with a low-flying airplane to simulate an attack run and 10000 packets of jelly beans
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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U.S. drug firms begin anthrax awareness effort
Sales representatives for drug companies have fanned out across 13 U.S. cities to provide doctors and other health-care workers with information about anthrax, part of an unusual compaign to heighten
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China's dust storms are choking Seoul
School was called off throughout much of this sprawling city because of inclement weather. It was not a freak spring snowstorm a heat wave or torrential rains. Rather it was an immense cloud of dust
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Environmental fellowships to end
The Bush administration is eliminating a respected fellowship for graduate research in the environmental sciences, official said. The following gives a total of $10 million a year to students pursing
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China raises estimate to 850000 HIV cases
Chinese health officials estimate that 850000 citizens have contracted HIV the virus that causes AIDS, an increase of more than quarter of a million over last year's figure, the official Xinhua press
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Help (and heartbreak) on a hands-on AIDS crusade
Bill Gates, father of Microsoft founder, Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter, a few aides and a handful of Secret Service agents and journalists, the two septuagenarians are zigzagging across Africa to
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Court rules against tobacco giant
After years of allegations that tobacco companies had shredded files that documented the health risks of smoking, a judge in Melbourne has ruled that British American tobacco carried out a
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AIDS orphans by the millions
Nearly 41 million people are infected with the AIDS virus worldwide. Another 20 million have died of the disease. They are not left behind when their parents die. some may carry the disease, but many
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Humanitarian help can't wait for politics
Donors to Burma face a dilemma. The country's AIDS and humanitarian crisis demands immediate attention. One is 50 adults is estimated to be infected with HIV, poverty is worsening and education
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Hormone therapy is cast in doubt
A new report by a panel of international experts casts doubt on long standing claims that hormone replacement in post menopausal women can prevent or treat a variety of ills, including heart disease.