http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A United Nations report, published to coincide with World Food Day, has warned that unless there is more action to preserve the ecological foundation of the world's food system we will witness serious food shortages as the planet's population rises to over nine billion by 2050. http://phys.org/news269675001.html Space & Earth Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:44:17 EST news269675001 Worldwide increases in the incidences of asthma, allergies, infectious and cardiovascular diseases will result from a variety of impacts of global climate change, including rising temperatures, worsening ozone levels in urban areas, the spread of desertification, and expansions of the ranges of communicable diseases as the planet heats up, the professional organization representing respiratory and airway physicians stated in a new position paper released today. http://phys.org/news251007505.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:26:53 EST news251007505 (AP) -- Nearly two-thirds of deaths in the world are caused by noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart and lung disease which are rapidly increasing at a cost to the global economy of trillions of dollars, according to U.N. estimates and preliminary results of a new study. http://phys.org/news227875091.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:38:19 EST news227875091 (AP) -- An expert at the World Health Organization says time is running out for German investigators to find the source of the world's deadliest E. coli outbreak, which has spread fear across Europe and cost farmers millions in exports. http://phys.org/news226659195.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:53:30 EST news226659195 In 1998, a study linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism in children appeared in a respected medical journal. For a decade, the study grabbed headlines worldwide. Worried parents rejected the life-saving vaccine for their children and those with autistic children agonized that they allowed an injection that caused the condition. http://phys.org/news220030999.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:10:02 EST news220030999 Those working for healthier humans around the globe are making headway in fighting communicable diseases such as AIDS, malaria and diarrheal illness, according to research from the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures in the University of Denver's (DU) Josef Korbel School of International Studies. http://phys.org/news219328028.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:27:57 EST news219328028 (AP) -- At St. Francis Preparatory School this fall, the auditorium will double as a sick room. New York City might make students wash their hands several times a day. There will be unit on swine flu in health class. http://phys.org/news169644919.html Medicine & Health Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:00:03 EST news169644919