In recent years, China has become a major food supplier to Europe. But the low-cost goods are grown in an environment rife with pesticides and antibiotics, disproportionately cited for contamination and subject to an...
Every September and October (springtime in the Antarctic) a hole forms in the protective ozone layer over the South Pole. NOAA scientists explain why it forms, how NOAA monitors and studies ozone loss, and...
Despite frequent headlines about a warming planet, melting sea ice, and rising oceans, climate analysts pointed to a seeming bright spot this week: During Southern Hemisphere winters, sea ice in the Antarctic, the floating chunks of...
The international effort to eliminate tuberculosis is “in real danger”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Its latest figures showed there were 8.7 million new cases in 2011 and 1.4 million deaths. It warned...
(Reuters) – Federal agents on Tuesday raided the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a widespread meningitis outbreak that has killed 16 people and sickened more than 200 others, federal prosecutors said. Agents from the U.S....
The investigation into apparent contamination of injectable back pain medication from the New England Compounding Center has expanded to include two other products from the Massachusetts pharmacy. While most of the reported infections involve...
A US cruiser has collided with a nuclear submarine during naval exercises off the Atlantic coast, reportedly damaging sonar equipment. Nobody was hurt during the incident on Saturday afternoon and both vessels were still...
(Reuters) – The deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis expanded to 12 states with the first case confirmed in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday, bringing the total of cases...
William Beach loved cantaloupe — so much so that starting in June last year he ate it almost every day. By August, the 87-year-old retired tractor mechanic from Mustang, Oklahoma, was complaining to his family...
Shelby Lin explains who’s at risk for fungal meningitis and what to do if you develop symptoms.
