In the isolation ward of the pediatric hospital where 10 children suspected of having avian influenza are being closely monitored, Le Anh Quan, 7 sat on his bed drawing a helicopter gunship, a mask

A dead peregrine falcon found near two chicken farms had the avian influenza virus, the first sign that the disease spreading in chicken flocks in Vietnam, South Korea and Japan may also be present

The World Food Program has been forced to cut off food aid to 2.7 million North Korean women and children during the country's harsh winter because of a lack of foreign donations, an agency spokeman

A fifth person has died from bird flu in Vietnam, the World Health Organisation said, as UN experts searched the country for other suspected cases of the virus that has caused an Asian-wide health

The government proposed a 16.3 percent reduction in emission linked to global warming by 2008, going beyond promises made in the Kyoto Protocol and raising the prospect of increased power companies,

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a challenge to school boards and educators around the country to take action against excessive weight, which it calls the

Germany is drafting a law that would allow farmers to plant bioengineered crops, the country's consumer affairs minister said, and she predicted that genetically modified sweet corn would be on sale

Drilling for oil without adequate safeguards is one of the most destructive processes to man and the environment. This fact has been particularly apparent in the Ecuadorean area of the Amazon basin,

It was a milestone of sorts when Shanghai, China's biggest city, banned bycycles on its largest avenues last month, but also a belated acknowledgment of a change that has already transformed many

People in Benghazi, Libya, are victims of what is known as the Benghazi epidemic, which spread HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, to more than 400 children in 1997-98, are the most visible face