By Nancy-Amelia Collins A World Health Organization official has warned of the likelihood of more human deaths from the bird flu virus, after the death of a teenage boy in Thailand this week. On Wedne...
By Greg Flakus Scientists in Texas are trying to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide air pollution by capturing the gas, compressing it and then putting it underground. This technique could also yie...
By Jessica Berman Scientists with the U.S. space agency NASA have begun investigating the crash landing Wednesday of the Genesis space capsule in Utah. The mission came to a disastrous end when a para...
By David McAlary A new U.S. study highlights more negative health effects women might suffer if they take hormone supplements to combat the symptoms of aging. We know that taking the female hormones e...
David McAlary For weeks, two helicopter crews have been practicing the mid-air capture of a parachute drifting down over the Utah desert. When the event acttually occurs Wednesday, the parachute will...
By Delia Robertson Changing the demographics of land ownership in South Africa is an ongoing and enormous challenge. Under apartheid, 87 percent of the land mass was earmarked for whites who comprised...
By Lisa Schlein The World Health Organization says Hepatitis E is sweeping camps for internally displaced people in the western Darfur province of Sudan. The agency says it has confirmed more than 620...
By Nico Colombant World Health Organization officials say the northern Nigerian state of Kano will start a catch-up polio immunization campaign Saturday, ending an 11-month religious-led boycott. The...
By David McAlary A panel of scientists and engineers appointed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences urges NASA to refurbish the observatory one final time, predicting that compelling scientific re...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong's top health executive has resigned after strong criticism for his handling of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome last year that killed nearly 300 people. Healt...
