The Food and Drug Administration has announced that Rezulin, a diabetes drug linked to liver failure, would be removed from the U.S. market immediately. About half a million Americans are taking the

The U.S. Supreme court has decided to keep the tobacco industry alive. But its condition remains critical, and the court's decision sets the stage for another congressional showdown on cigarettes. On

Government officials urged people Wednesday to leave low-lying southern Mozambican towns that they expected to be engulfed soon by the surging Limpopo River for the second time in less than a

Scientists are trying to understand why about a dozen whales became stranded last week on two beaches in the bahamas, a highly unusual event that xoincided with U.S. Navy operation in the area.

Two more herds of cattle totaling 174 animals were destroyed in France after the discovery of two cases of "mad cow" disease, official said

Government plans to repair and pave four highways could devastate a swath of Amazon rain forest more than twice the size of Portugal, according to a newspaper at Sao

Nearly 550,000 New Mexico customers lost electricity for up to three hours after a grass fire shut down two power plants, snarling traffic in Albuquerque, silencing radio and television station and

Mounting evidence suggests that increasing numbers of Americans are falling seriously ill or even dying after taking dietary supplements that promise everything from extra energy to sounder sleep.

The German Parliament lifted a four-year-old-ban on British beef imports Friday, leaving France as the only European Union country with a ban still in effect. The upper house, which represents

More rain deluged Mozambique on Friday, a month after floodwaters destroyed the homes and crops of hundreds of thousands of people and left them exposed them to disease and