04.30.08

Chinese virus infections rising

Posted in Asia-Pacific at 3:06 pm by heaven

A lethal intestinal virus which has already claimed 20 lives could cause more deaths in eastern China.

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Posted in Science/Nature at 2:58 pm by heaven

The BBC hears that rising rates of child health issues in Afghanistan may be linked to depleted uranium weapons.

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Posted in Health at 11:37 am by heaven

Junior doctors face tougher competition this year after a bid to give UK-trained medics priority in applying for jobs fails.

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Posted in Asia-Pacific at 11:32 am by heaven

US officials say Chinese-made ingredients for a blood-thinning drug may have been deliberately contaminated.

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Posted in Europe at 8:48 am by heaven

Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, dies at the age of 102.

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