Put limits on vaccinations for smallpox, panel urges
A panel of scientific experts that advises that federal government has recommended that a small number of health care workers in each state, perhaps 20000 Americans in all, be vaccinated against
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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In bone marrow, a hope for cures
Researchers have isolated a type of cell from bone marrow that seems capable of transforming itself into most or all of the specialized cells in the body, a finding likely to fuel the debate over
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U.S. weighs charges against ImClone
The federal government is considering charging ImClone Systems Inc. with misleading investors about the status of its cancer drug, the company has said. ImClone said that it had revived a warning
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Abortions of China's girls on rise
In greater numbers than ever, China's villagers are using inexpensive prenatal scans and then abortion to prevent the birth of unwanted daughters and to ensure that they will bear a son, recent
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For coral reefs and ice sheets, time is running out
Global warming is already attacking the world's coral reefs and, if nothing is done soon, could begin a long-term assault on the vast West Antarctic Ice Sheet. They're the richest ocean ecosystem,
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Japan ends opposition to whaling by Eskimos
Japan has reversed its opposition to bowhead whaling by Russian and Alaskan Eskimos, probably clearing the way for native communities all over America's Arctic coast to continue subsistence hunting.
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Toward prosperity for the long term
Over the past 20 years, China has racked up stunning annual growth rates of around 10 per cent on average. During the same period, poverty has been reduced for a quarter of its population and its
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Protecting water, land and air
Degradation of China's environment is so acute that it threatens to hamper or even reverse the stunning social and economic strides the country has made. According to the China Human Development
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New Zealand's aid-free farm boom
European and American farmers might fear the switching off the life-support in annual subsidies would destroy their incomes and their way of life, but New Zealand fare say the sudden removal of their
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Local whales out of luck
Despite recognizing a decline in Puget Sound killer whales, U.S. officials ruled that the whales did not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.