The number of H1N1 swine flu cases in the United States has dropped steadily for four weeks as vaccine stockpiles continue to grow, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Monday afternoon.
Giant pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline, is slated to donate 50 million doses of the pandemic H1N1 vaccine to the United Nations public health arm, the World Health Organization it was announced yesterday.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $10 billion over the next ten years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines for the world's poorest countries.
The largest gift ever to a private conservation group, $261 million, was pledged to Conservation International by Intel Corp. cofounder Gordon Moore, 72, and his wife.
Steller sea lions in Alaska are making a comeback. An aerial survey of the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands spotted more than 19,000 adults, a 5.5% increase over 2 years.
A score of punk rock and hardcore bands are touring the country to raise awareness and much-needed cash for the teen suicide hotline, 1-800-Suicide and its parent organization, the Kristin Brooks Hope Center.
A successful Encino lawyer, has created a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Brazil's first astronaut docked at the International Space Station. In Brazil, his family and countrymen are overcome with pride.
Republican leaders, including senators and former secretary of state Mr. Kissinger, are urging the Bush Administration to talk directly with Iran
Michigan's Rouge River has been returned to health thanks to the Clean Water Act, $1 billion and measures to filter runoff from surrounding factories, neighborhoods and golf courses. The EPA calls the clean-up a "Blueprint for success".
A few jaguars have been spotted in the US wild southwest after 20 years of absence.
We are more open and tolerant than we were in previous decades with a greater acceptance of multiculturalism, says a new survey covered in the CS Monitor.