Measles outbreak sickens 720 in Marshall Islands
Perhaps as many as 720 people have developed measles in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and three have died from it, in a continuing outbreak that began in mid July, U.S. health officials say.
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Hurricane loses force after flailing U.S. coast
Hurricane Isabel knocked out power to more than 3.5 million people as it weakened into a tripical storm and racd up the Eastern Seaboard, swamping tidal communicates along Chesapeake Bay, uprooting
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Deceptive abortion law
It now looks likely that in the coming weeks President Bush will sign into law a ban on so called partial birth abortion, thereby culminating a long campaign of deception. The measure, which has been
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America and imported drugs
The allure of importing cheap prescription drugs to the United States from Canada and other nations is proving irresistible, despite federal laws against it and stern warnings from the Food and Drug
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UN to provide AIDS drugs to 3 million poor
Saying that the failure to deliver AIDS drugs to impoverished people is so grave that it has become a global health emergency, the World Health Organisation plans to prodive such drugs to three
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Scientists in Iceland link gene to strokes
Researchers in Iceland say they have discovered the first gene that underlies common forms of stroke, a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people each year. People with a particular
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New scourge for Sudan's young
The children of Lui scoop their beans and mush from plates laid out on the dirt, using only their tiny fingers, often aware that something bad is about to happen. Their necks begin to swing forward
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Student caught SARS from lab, officials say
The world's first new SARS patient in three months probably caught the virus in an accident at a Singapore government-run laboratory that researchers the deadly disease, the Ministry of Health said.
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UN report card gives marks on AIDS struggle
The first report card on the United Nation's 2-year old commitment to defeat AIDS gives the world's countries generally low marks in their efforts to overcome ignorance about the disease and provide
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South Africa leader defends lag in giving out AIDS drugs
President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa defended his government's delay in distributing anti-AIDS drugs until this year, saying that it had been necessary to create a critical mass of public health