This month the rains come to southern Africa, and with them, death from malaria. In Zambia, though, where 30,000 people die a year of malaria, almost all of them children, things are about to change.

New York A few years ago, scientists at Cargill learned how to make rigid, transparent plastics from corn sugars. There was just one problem: They cost a lot more than the oil-based plastics they

Concerned that new federal standards on mercury emissions will not produce more immediate health benefits, two national groups of state and local air quality regulators have developed a plan to

Senior U.S. officials called on China to open its markets further but also sought Chinese help in breaking an impasse in global trade talks, a combination of tough demands and pleas for assistance

When it comes to poverty in developing nations, are microloans really the miracle cure their many supporters believe? At first glance, the goal of microlending is exciting and innovative: By making

The Mediterranean basin and the Alps could be the most affected by climate change brought about by global warming in the 21st century, according to research published in Science magazine. Sixteen

new book by the UN special envoy to Africa on AIDS brings to light an extraordinary breach between the organization and South Africa over the crisis, under which the government has effectively banned

For years, doctors and policy makers have suspected that male circumcision is a powerful protector against AIDS. Now, a new study in South Africa has found that circumcision reduced mens' risk for

Scientists writing in the journal Science this month had wondered how far great white sharks roam as they swim up and down South Africa's coast and whether they venture beyond it. An international

After a decade of painstaking research, federal and university scientists have reconstructed the 1918 influenza virus that killed 50 million people worldwide. Like the flu viruses now raising alarm