The foreign ministry in Tokyo on Friday proposed a meeting with Chinese officials about the choking smog over Beijing that is now being seen in Japan.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 08, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(AP)—A Thai court on Thursday ordered the government to clean up a lead-polluted creek and pay nearly $4 million in compensation to local villagers as part of a legal battle that lasted almost a decade.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

At the end of an unpaved road, in a quiet suburb of a sleepy town in northern Israel, horticultural revolutionaries are growing a strain of cannabis they say relieves symptoms of some chronic illnesses but without the psychotic ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 02, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 1

The Peruvian government said Wednesday that 5,000 birds, mostly pelicans, and nearly 900 dolphins have died off the country's northern coast, possibly due to rising temperatures in Pacific waters.

Biology - Ecology

May 09, 2012 3.9 / 5 (7) 3

Peru's northern beaches have been declared off-limits as scientists scramble to pin down what is causing the mysterious deaths of thousands of birds and dolphins.

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 2

US online auction giant eBay on Monday banned global sales of sorbitol following the death of a 28-year-old Italian woman who consumed a phial of the sugar substitute as part of a food allergy test.

Technology - Internet

Mar 26, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

The German Federal Ministry of Health has awarded more than one million euros in research and development funding for the efficient production of an important cancer diagnostic agent at the research neutron ...

Physics - General Physics

Jun 27, 2011 3.5 / 5 (2) 0

(AP) -- Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates was in China on Saturday to raise awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke in the country with the world's largest smoking population.

Medicine & Health - Health

Jun 11, 2011 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- Cucumbers were back on the radar of German health authorities Wednesday as the possible cause of an E. coli outbreak in Europe that has killed at least 26 people and sickened over 2,700 others.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jun 08, 2011 not rated yet 0

More than 270 people in Germany have fallen seriously ill because of potentially deadly bacteria, which has been found in imported Spanish cucumbers, officials said Friday.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

May 27, 2011 not rated yet 0

A three-year-old Briton who was treated in hospital for addiction to alcohol is thought to be the country's youngest ever alcoholic, health officials said Monday.

Medicine & Health - Health

Mar 14, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- A $21.7 billion global health fund and the U.N.'s main development arm launched new anti-corruption measures Friday in the wake of intense scrutiny from donors and stories by The Associated Press detailing fraud ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Feb 04, 2011 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- Health officials are investigating the recent deaths of 16 newborns in the capital's largest maternity hospital, hinting that unhygienic conditions are to blame.

Medicine & Health - Health

Sep 16, 2010 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- China declared a new food-safety campaign Wednesday after contaminated milk products from an earlier scandal showed up repackaged in several places around the country, exposing weaknesses in the country's promise ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Feb 10, 2010 1 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- The swine flu virus spread to more countries Tuesday, and scientists said the official numbers represent only a fraction of the many thousands of people sickened around the world. At the center of ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

May 12, 2009 1 / 5 (1) 0