Southern Africa's silent disaster
When more than 14 million people in southern Africa faced famine last year, an intervention with food aid began mass starvation. But the hunger was not the crisis. It was just a symptom of the
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Few new SARS cases as worldwide trend of remission continues
Only a dribble of new SARS cases were reported in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, while the outbreak in Canada's biggest city appeared to be following the global trend of remission. But Tailand, which
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ImClone to reapply for approval of cancer drug
ImClone Systems Inc. has said that it will reapply in the second half of this year for approval of Erbitux, the cancer drug whose initial rejection by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sparked
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America fails its oceans
The oceans under U.S. jurisdiction cover about 4.5 million square miles, an area even greater than the land mass of the United States itself. But while Congress has enacted broad laws providing for
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Banks come to the rescue of threatened forests
A recent pledge by 10 of the world's biggest banks not to lend money for projects that tries is good news for forests and other fragile ecosystems. Among those agreeing to follow the new
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From farm to fork, risks persist
A recent survey of restaurants and cafes in Britain recently found that 9 out of 10 dishcloths were contaminated with potentially harmful microbes. On supermarket meat counters. When scientists
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Toronto fears a new SARS cluster
Ontario health officials are concerned about a new cluster of suspected SARS cases, perhaps as many as 15, in a hospital an hour's drive east of Toronto. Officials said that 15 people who had
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National forests getting revised ban on roads
The Bush administration says it will reinstate a Clinton-era rule that prohibits building roads in 58.5 million acres of protected national forests. But the administration wants to allow governors
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Heat wave kills 1500 in India but rains start
While vast tracts of India reeled under a heat wave that has killed more than 15000 people, monsoon rains lashed the country's northeast and the authorities issued flood warnings. The monsoons
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Keeping an AIDS promise
Congress should make a $3 billion down payment on President George W.Bush's five year, $15 billion initiative to fight AIDS worldwide when it takes up the issue later this month. To do otherwise