It is not difficult to figure out why a majority of people older than 50 put off going to the doctor for a colonoscopy. First, on the day before the procedure, patients must drink large amounts of a
The first major study of the genome of the SARS virus shows that it has not mutated significantly in its spread to different countries. The findings were encouraging because if the virus remains
The spread of SARS seemed to be slowing in Beijing and Hong Kong but accelerating in Taiwan. Newly reported cases in Beijing dropped to 48, only about half the recent daily average, and a health
The Univeristy of California Berkeley, has taken the unusual step of turning away about 500 summer students from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore because of the large number of SARS cases
The Environmental Protection Agency has been privately negotiating with large industrial livestock farms to offer them amnesty from the Clean Air Act and existing Superfund laws, according to
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a controversial drug meant as the last-ditch treatment for people with lung caner. The drug, AstraZeneca PLC's Iressa, is the first of a new class of
The SARS virus appears to attack human cells in the same way that the AIDS virus does, which may give scientists clues about how to treat the respiratory disease, a leading AIDS researcher said.
A growing number of scientists and public health officials around the United States say they have traced a variety of the health problems of neighbours of huge industrial farms to vast amounts of
The skeletons of two chickens dangle ominously above the forest path that leads into Ping, warning of disease and death. Inside the tiny village, straw effigies holding wood replicas of swords,
University acknowledged to be largely responsible for the international SARS epidemic, Beijing continues to ensure that Taiwan cannot fully participate in the global effort to control the disease.
