European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson is fond of describing China's economic rise as

Five world experts in influenza, writing in the journal Nature, warn that despite stepped-up disease monitoring and research, the world is far from prepared to cope with a possible pandemic of avian

Soon after bird flu began ripping through Asia in late 2003, KFC restaurants in Vietnam gave up trying to sell chicken : Customers were afraid it might give them influenza. Never mind that it's

Evidence that China is covering up outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, including near the capital city, is renewing questions about Beijing's willingness to report on other infectious disease such

Member states of the World Health Organisation agreed to new rules, including possible travel and trade restrictions, to help prevent deadly diseases such as bird flu or SARS crossing borders. The

With the U.S. House of Representatives increasingly likely to pass a bill this week that would expand the use of embryonic stem cells, President George W. Bush may soon confront one of the thorniest

Vietnam's most recent spate of human bird flu cases suggests the leathal avian influenza virus has mutated in ways that make it increasingly infectious to people, raising the risks of person-

China has ordered emergency measures to prevent an outbreak of avian flu, including the closure of nature reserves to the public, after investigators said migratory birds found dead in the country's

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, bending to domestic political pressure, has called for a review of a deal under which Malaysia would borrow $1 billion from the Japanese government to build an

Amid growing fears that an outbreak of avian flu could spark the next flu pandemic, wealth has become more of a factor than need in determining who will get an essential drug. Richer countries