Hybrids fuel ambition at Toyota
Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to double the number of hybrid models it offers to help spur demand, partly by releasing new sport-utility versions, according to the president Fujio Cho. Toyota,
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Squirted flu vaccine gets U.S. approval
A flu vaccine that is squirted up the nose rather than injected into an arm has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, providing a new option for some people who dislike needles. But as
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Ailing Chinese workers pay high price for export boom
Hu, a Chinese worker, detected for a severe case of silicosis, a disease Chines workers call dust lung. He got the illness making cheap necklaces and bracelets from iridescent stones like opal, sold
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In denial on global warming
When it comes to global warming, the Bush administration seems determined to bury its head in the sand and hope the problem will go away. Worse yet, it wants to bury any research findings that global
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Glaxo drug may raise suicide risk, US says
No one under age 18 should be prescribed the drug Paxil for major depression because the adult antidepressant may increase a child's risk of suicide, the government said. The Food and Drug
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Campaign targets antibiotics
Responding to public health concerns about the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals, McDonald's Corp. said it woudl ask its meat suppliers around the world to reduce their dependence on
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US-Europe food talks break down in Geneva
Talks between the United States and the European Union over opening up Europe to genetically modifief foods have broken down in Geneva, the Bush administration has announced, heightening
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Trade talks tackle drug ptent rules
The United States is working with top drug companies to forge a deal allowing developing nations to waive patent tules to get access to life-saving medicines for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, a US
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Hong Kong is off UN's SARS list
The World Health Organization on Monday removed Hong Kong from the list of SARS-infected areas, marking the end of a four-month crisis during which the deadly respiratory disease spread around the
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Europe snubs world's poor
The European Union held one of its splashy, self-congratulatory summit meetings over the weekend in a Greek resort, complete with the unveiling of a draft for a new constitution for the peoples of