As part of an effort to create the nation's first official definition of "organic," the Clinton administration has decided to propose a ban on genetically engineered grains in any food labeled

There was a surprise amid the 47 tons of U.S. wheat that arrived in Jordan's port of Aqaba in October. Consider it a protein supplement: 57 mice, a rat, seven roads, 13 birds, a fish and snakeskin.

Environmentalists accuse the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper mill of polluting Lake Baikal. An international campaign is seeking to close the plant, and the environmentalist group Greenpeace has begun

Ireland considers suing tobacco firms : With bipartisan political support and a growing national awareness of public health issues, the government is taking aggressive steps that could result in

As people begin trekking to the outdoors this season, scientists are warning that the mystery disease hantavirus is a threat throughout North America. Since it is spread through the urine, feces or

The formerly top-secret research complex - State Research Center for Applied Microbiology - where the Soviet Union perfected dozens of strains of deadly bacteria threw opens its doors to scientists

Scientists trying to understand the mysterious deadliness of the 1918 influenza virus say they have further evidence that the microbe originated in birds. Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger and his colleagues

South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, is visiting Washington at what could be a turning point in his country's struggle against AIDS. Earlier this month, five major drug makers cut the price of AIDS

When President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa said last year that the drug AZT said last year that the drug AZT was too dangerous to give to HIV-infected pregnant women, AIDS researchers and activists

Rising anger greeted the disclosure that farmers across Europe are unwittingly growing genetically modified crops. Environmentalists demanded that crops planted from the "bad seed" be torn up as the