Without recent innovations in various forms of medical treatment and equipment, some of us would be dead today, and many of the rest of us could look forward to shorter lives. But there are many ill

Poor countries demanding a greater share in world trade must be prepared to compromise to reach an accord to invigorate the world economy, Mauritius's international trade minister, Jaya Krishna

Faced with growing evidence that a lethal strain of avian influenza will persist in Asian birds for years, governments around the world are stockpiling medicine and racing to develop a vaccine in

A dramatic rise in the number of women with HIV may signal a global health crisis, the United Nations warned. Fueled by poverty and a lower social status in many parts of the world, the percentage

Asia is at a tipping point in the AIDS epidemic. Without drastic action, there is strong evidence that in a few years the spread of the disease and its accompanying economic devastation will rival

At the international AIDS Conference next week in Bangkok, the spotlight will be on programs to supply life-saving antiretroviral drugs to poor countries: a multilateral Global Fund; President George

The United States is dropping its first case against China at the World Trade Organisation after Beijing agreed to eliminate a tax break that U.S. semiconductor makers said harmed their

Scientists voiced growing alarm that avian influenza may have become impossible to eradicate in Asia and could eventually spread easily among humans. The warning came as China, Thailand and Vietnam,

The AIDS epidemic is spreading unchecked throughout parts of Asia with more people infected with HIV in the region during 2003 than ever before, according to a United Nations report. Sharp increases

China said it had confirmed new cases of bird flue in poultry in an eastern province, nearly four months after declaring victory over the highly contagious disease. Dead chickens were found on a farm