December 31

• CDC Taking Inventory of Nation's Polio Virus Stocks

December 30

• Eve Returns to Land of Promise

December 29

• Early Heart Attack Warning System
• Disinfectant 'Could Beat' Superbugs

December 28

• Sick Passengers Taken Off Yet Another Cruise Ship
• Illinois MS Cluster Investigated

December 27

• Raelian Clone to be Unveiled?
• Healing Power In A Gene

December 26

• Israel Decides Against General Smallpox Inoculation

December 24

• Danger of Toxic Metals in Soils Underestimated

December 23

• Working Kidney Grown in Mouse
• Infant Contracts West Nile Virus in the Womb

December 22

• Bone Marrow Stem Cells Used to Create Brain Cells
• Ruling Blocks 'Designer Baby' Bid
• Baby Infected with West Nile Virus in Womb

December 21

• West Nile Encephalitis One for the record Books; Experts Wonder about Next Year
• 1 in 3 Troops Exempt From Smallpox Vaccine

December 20

• Flu Sickens Hundreds on USS Roosevelt

December 19

• The No-Doze Soldier
• 3 New Chronic Wasting Disease Cases in Illinois

December 18

• Birds May Spread Ebola Virus, Research Suggests
• Water Boil Order Issued For North Kansas City; Crews Find Tampered Hatch At Reservoir

December 17

• Nearly 100 Marine Recruits Hit by Strep A
• Staph Infections Making Alarming Headway
• Marine Recruit Dies After Rash Spreads

December 16

• Influenza Closes More Than a Dozen School Districts in Texas
• More Than 200 Passengers Ill on Another Cruise Ship

December 15

• Dip into Veggies for Holiday Fare
• 30,000 Pints of Plasma Quarantined
• Florida Reports First Death from West Nile

December 14

• Success in Malaria Drug Tests
• Christmas Parties Trigger Colds
• Question Remains About Smallpox Vaccine Liability

December 13

• The Most Dangerous Vaccine - Smallpox
• Study: Chicken Pox Shot Ineffective

December 12

• The Mystery of the Bald Bears
• Drug-Resistant Bacteria Turn up in 42% of Chickens, Report Says
• Canadian Hospitals Reeling from Stomach Virus

December 11

• Bush Likely to Announce Smallpox Vaccine Plan
• Anorexia 'Caused by Immune Defect'

December 10

• Texas Officials Seek Cause Of Three Stange 'Flu' Deaths

December 9

• Health Situation in Congo 'Worrying,' Official Says

December 8

• Tackling TB 'Needs Global Effort'

December 7

• Study Suggests Carbon Dioxide May Limit Some Plant Growth in Climate Change
• Smallpox Vaccine Reactions Jolt Experts

December 6

• Confounded by Coffee

December 5

• UK Has 'Third World' TB Levels
• Health Worker in HIV Scare
• Africa Faces Grim Future as AIDS Shadow Spreads

December 4

• Bugs Face Jumbo Jet Fight
• AIDS Dead Could be Buried in Disused Mines

December 3

• Ship Carrying Almost 200 Sick Passengers Returns To Port

December 2

• BSE Linked to Further CJD Cases
• Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Democratic Republic of the Congo
• "Mysterious" Disease Causes Death of Over 100 Children
• Polio Cases Increase Four-Fold in UP

December 1

• Chinese AIDS Estimate Gains Credibility
• Britain Has Record Number of HIV Diagnoses in 2002

November 30

• Giant Jellyfish Off Japanese Coast in Largest Numbers in Decades
• Very Heavy Pot Use Clouds Mental Function: Study
• UN Sees Synthetic Pills as Next Big Drug Problem

November 29

• Monster Oil Slick Bears Down on Spanish Coast

November 27

• School Scare
• East Texas Schools Close as Illness Spreads; 600+ Sent Home Sick
• Salem School Shut Down After Students Get Rashes Again
• More Grim News Expected on Aids
• AIDS Epidemic Set to Explode in Eastern Europe
• Women Make Up 50 Percent of AIDS Sufferers
• UK HIV Rates at Record Levels
• More People Contract Virus Aboard Disney Cruise Ship; Holland America Ships Also Affected
• Malawi Famine Blamed on Aids

November 26

• The Science of Mold
• Balancing Brains
• Infants Build Knowledge of Their Visual World on Statistics

November 25

• Worrying May Protect Against Anxiety, Says University of Arkansas Researcher
• Giant Vaccine Effort Starts Against Silent Herpes

November 24

• Acupuncture May Help Ward Off Migraine

November 23

• Drought Affecting Migratory Birds
• Aids, Malaria Crippling Ugandan Economy

November 22

• CDC: Waterborne Diseases on the Rise
• Scientists Planning to Make New Form of Life

November 20

• 81 People Treated at Nebraska Cancer Clinic Test Positive for Hepatitis C
• Experts Weigh Smallpox Threat from Iraq
• Taiwan Military Called in to Battle Dengue Fever

November 19

• Cholera in Democratic Republic of the Congo
• CWD Conspiracy Stories Follow Disease's Spread
• Mysterious Illness Spreading Through Local Town
• Palm Beach County Health Officials Confirm Second Human West Nile Case

November 18

• Cities Wage Dengue Battle on U.S.-Mexico Border

November 17

• Lifestyle May Be to Blame for Rise in Asthma-Study
• Study Links Frailty in Elderly to Inflammation
• N.Y. Plague Cases Not Bioterrorism

November 16

• Dairy Herd Killed After TB Outbreak
• Food Makers Urge Ban on Food Crops for Medicine

November 14

• Whooping Cough Re-Emerges in Texas
• Bacterial Infection Strikes Dozens of Students at Texas School

November 13

• Reading the Rice Dictionary
• Germs Develop a Deadly Defense
• Man Dies From Flesh Eating Bacteria

November 10

• Dysentery Spreads to Thousands in Southern Russia
• Vaccine Gift Boosts Campaign for Polio-Free World
• Mediterranean Diet Lowers Heart Risk in India Study

November 9

• Forced Vaccines Haunt Gulf Vets
• Pentagon Has Smallpox Plan for Troops
• Couple in New York Evaluated for Bubonic Plague

November 8

• Heavy Coffee Drinking Lowers Diabetes Risk-Study
• N.Y. Treats Two for First Likely Plague in Century

November 7 - Late Edition

• NYC Medical Scare: Doctors Treating Two, May Have Bubonic Plague

November 7

• India Could Soon Have the Highest Number of People With HIV/AIDS
• Peoria, Arizona Copes With Water Ills
• Ravages of Aids Have Come Home
• STD Rates Rise Among Young Canadians

November 6

• 4 Nations Thought To Possess Smallpox

November 5

• West Nile 2002 Outbreak Likely Has Peaked - CDC

November 4

• Mad Deer Disease (CWD) Spreads To Illinois
• Elk Test Positive for CWD in Colorado

November 3

• Blood Clots: What You Don't Know Can Kill You
• 'Extraordinary' Woolly Rhino Finds

November 2

• Deer, Elk Test Positive for Wasting Disease
• Flu-Like Outbreak Studied
• Killer Flu 'on the Way'

October 31

• Woman Claims West Nile From Sex
• West Nile '02 Outbreak Biggest of Its Kind in West
• West Nile Virus Infects 4 More People in State

October 30

• Mouldy Debate Gets New Life

October 29

• West Nile Threat in UK
• Stronger Breed of Head Lice Survives
• 'Demon' Possesses Scary Bioterrorism News

October 28

• Students Offered Antibiotics After Meningitis Outbreak at School

October 27

• US Advises Blood Banks on West Nile

October 26

• Food Additives 'Cause Tantrums'
• Trials Show New Arthritis Drug Safe and Effective

October 25

• Man May Have Anthrax From Turkish Rug
• Study: 1 in 3 Adults Has Arthritis
• High Mercury Exposure in 10 pct of HK Students

October 24

• NASA to Develop Biohazard 'Smoke' Detector

October 23

• Diet, Exercise Said to Help Heart in Three Weeks
• Wasting Disease Found at Second Wisconsin Deer Farm
• Mysterious Illness Afflicts Chickasha Residents
• Wasting Disease Could Affect Humans

October 22

• Mad Cow Disease Eroding a Young Life

October 21

• Study on Affects of Positive Thinking

October 20

• West Nile Infects Four La. Dogs

October 19

• Increase in Autism Baffles Scientists
• Icelandic Genes Offer Wealth of Disease Clues

October 17

• 10 From Nebraska Cancer Clinic Have Hepatitis; Many More May Have It
• Hiroshima Survivors Susceptible to Rare Cancer

October 16

• West Nile virus in Canada
• World Failing to Reduce Hunger

October 15

• Study Suggests Alzheimer Vaccine Fix
• Ancient Defense Mechanism May Still Be Protecting Us
• Pilgrim's Pride Begins Record Meat Recall

October 14

• Two Hong Kong Women Infested by Flesh-Eating Flies, Health Authorities Say

October 13

• Pentagon Plans Smallpox Shots for Up to 500,000

October 12

• Authorities Close Hotel Suspected as Source of Legionnaires' Infection
• West Nile Death Toll: 148; at Least 2,796 Known Cases
• Alternative Antibiotics Offer Slim Comfort as Potent Strain Returns

October 11

• NASA Astrobiologists to Study Extreme Life at Earth's Highest Lake
• Mad Cow Epidemic Infected 2M Cows

October 10

• Grow Your Own Mosquito Repellent
• Senator on Smallpox Shots: Let Public Choose

October 9

• 'Cell Suicide' Worm Work Wins Medicine Nobel

October 8

• Greenhouse Gases Good For Agriculture
• 36th West Nile Death Reported in Illinois
• New Neurological Treatment Reverses Lou Gehrig's Disease Offering Hope for Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Damage, Stroke and Neurodegenerative Diseases

October 7

• U.S. Consumers Challenge Spread of Biotech Food

October 6

• U.S. Ready to Vaccinate Everyone for Smallpox
• Deli Meat Suspected Source of Killer Bacteria: CDC

October 5

• 'Superbugs' Strike Thousands
• India to be Hardest Hit by AIDS in 2010
• Ebola Vaccine Will Enter Human Trials Within Months

October 4

• Sex Diseases More Likely in Teenage Girls
• US Investigates Food Outbreaks Linked to 20 Deaths

October 3

• Smallpox Vaccine is in the Locker - Just in Case - Australia
• Mosquito Plague Worst Since World War I

October 2

• Doctors Link Polio To West Nile Virus
• Tainted Drug Kills 1, Sickens 2
• Russia, China, India Facing Soaring HIV Cases
• County's 10th West Nile Virus Case Confirmed
• Flu Season Follows Winter Around the World

October 1

• Loudoun Virginia Mosquitoes Show Malaria
• Outside Smallpox, Plenty Else to Fear
• Sri Lanka Cholera Outbreak Under Control
• Tropical Rains Call for West Nile Vigilance

September 30

• Smallpox Vaccine: There’s Enough

September 29

• Italy Confirms First Mad Cow Case
• W. Nile Signs Found in Mother's Milk
• Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes Found in Loudoun County

September 28

• 'Valley Fever' Outbreak Reported in U.S. Navy SEALS
• Boston Scientists Grow Teeth In Lab

September 27

• 500-Year-Old Rock Pattern Suggests a Tree to Our Subconscious

September 26

• Repressing Anxiety May Protect Against Stress
• Parasite Infecting 90 Percent of South Carolina Shrimp

September 25

• Tea May Reduce Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease
• Aspirin Can Delay Alzheimer's
• Amazon Advocate Warns of 'Superbugs'
• West Nile Vaccine May Come in 3 Years

September 24

• The Flu Virus Turns Cunning to Outsmart the Immune System
• Crystal Remembers Sounds

September 23

• Entire US Population to Receive Smallpox Vaccine... 5 days After Outbreak?
• West Nile Capital of the U.S. Wonders Why

September 22

• Military Says Health Network Catches Outbreaks
• Hi-Tech Memories for Alzheimer's
• How Food Benefits Mood

September 21

• Illinois Reports Two More Deaths From West Nile Virus
• Study Gives Hope of Preventing Heart Attacks
• UA Scientists' Experiments Confirm Theory Central to Memory Research

September 20

• West Nile, Transfusion Linked

September 19

• Listeriosis Outbreak Investigation
• Multiple Sclerosis Could be Sexually Transmitted

September 18

• Canadian West Nile Patient Dies
• Rats And Killer Mosquitoes Sweep Europe After Floods
• LA Babies Get Lifetime of Toxic Air 2 Weeks After Birth

September 17

• Expert Says Sen. Leahy Concerns Are Legitimate
• US Stores to Sell Cloned Animal Products

September 16

• Tigers Fans Report Mysterious Bug Bites
• Snake Alert
• TB Patient in Alabama Infects 22 Others

September 15

• Giant Squid Film Team Makes Tentacular Catch
• Smallpox Vaccine Plan Almost Ready
• Scientists Create Glowing Green Mice

September 14

• Raptor Epidemic Overtakes Midwest
• Cholera in Liberia
• Cholera in Malawi - Update

September 13

• West Nile Virus in Canada
• Four Blood Recipients Positive for West Nile
• Boy Dies From Rare Bacterial Illness

September 12

• Nurse at Okla. Hospital Reused Needles on Patients
• Sex-Pheromone Link to Insect Evolution
• Euros Break EU Allergy Directive

September 11

• Singapore Battles Rise in Dengue Fever Cases
• Second West Nile Case Suspected in LA
• Alarm Over HIV Resistance
• Lungs May Become Drug Factory

September 10

• Annual Household Survey Finds Millions of Amreicans in Denial About Drug Abuse
• Thick Smog Shrouds Hong Kong, Health Warning Issued
• Chicago Spraying Mosquitos to Combat West Nile
• US Senate Votes to Ban Mercury Fever Thermometers

September 9

• Meningitis Outbreak: Burundi Refugees Blamed

September 8

• Death Stokes 'Mad Elk' Disease Fear; Officials Skeptical
• West Nile Virus 'is Spreading'

September 7

• Virginia Teens Diagnosed with Malaria
• Leprosy 'Will Not Disappear'

September 6

• Muddy Waters

September 5

• Doctors Warn of 'Superinfection' from AIDS Virus
• Diesel Fuel Exhaust Likely to Cause Cancer
• West Nile-Transplant Link Confirmed

September 4

• Mosquito Diet Pill Seen as West Nile Weapon
• NYC Confirms First West Nile Death

September 3

• Transplant Patient's Death Raises Questions About West Nile Transmission
• Polio is Going Unchecked in UP, Two States
• Outbreak of Q Fever Discovered in Chamonix Valley

September 2

• CDC Probes Transplants for West Nile
• The H-Word
• Chronic Wasting Disease Spreads to Minnesota

September 1

• How the Brain Forgets

August 31

• West Nile Virus' Toll Rises to 29
• Gene Helps Flu Beat Body's Defenses

August 30

• Anthrax Gives Up Its Deadly Secret to Researchers

August 29

• West Nile Flare-up Helps CDC Practice its Bioterror Response
• Sixth Person Infected With Legionnaires' Disease in Britain Dies
• Two More Human Cases of West Nile in Virginia

August 28

• West Nile Virus in the United States
• Rwanda Meningitis Kills 65 at Last Count
• Climate and Cholera: An Increasingly Important Link

August 27

• Gene Separates Early Humans from Apes
• Single Gene Mutation Turns Flu Into a Killer
• What Kills 2.2 Million People a Year? Dirty Drinking Water

August 26

• Officials Report Four More West Nile Deaths
• Scientists Find Carbohydrate Clue to Arthritis
• Deadly Flu Evades Body's Defences
• Life Preserver Floods Cancers

August 25

• AIDS Scourge in Rural China Leaves a Generation of Orphans
• Disney Salmonella Outbreak Probed
• Top 10 Lies About West Nile Virus
• Two More W. Nile Deaths Suspected

August 24

• Meningococcal Disease in the Great Lakes Area (Burundi, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania)
• 'Mystery Particle' in Schizophrenics

August 23

• Cholera Ravages Famished Malawi
• E. Coli Outbreak Hits Children Visiting Dairy Farm
• Chimps May Have Survived HIV Epidemic
• More Mad Cow Confirmed in Europe

August 22

• Kentucky Man With West Nile Dies
• Government Scientists Find High Levels of Arsenic, Tungsten During Leukemia Probe in Nevada

August 21

• Japan Hot-Spring Passion Hit by Disease Outbreak
• Mop-Top Potato Virus Mashing 9 States
• Malaria, Dengue Fever Kill Nearly 500 Bangladeshis
• Mysterious Death Worries Irving Neighbors
• Disease Threat From Flooding
• More Deaths From West Nile Suspected; Would Be First Fatalities in Missouri, Texas
• State Issues Warning About Virus Carried by Rodents

August 20

• West Nile Virus Could Hit Alaska
• California is Haunted by Gold Rush Legacy of Toxic Mercury
• Water Disease Could Kill 76 Million by 2020
• Dengue Reported in Galapagos Islands, No Epidemic
• Legionnaires' Claims Fourth Life
• Israel: Hepatitis A Outbreak Near Nablus
• CDC Team Gauges Risk of West Nile Spread Via Blood

August 19

• A Story With Buzz

August 18

• Second Case of Mad Cow Disease Discovered in Poland, More Expected
• Pine Beetle Epidemic Hits South
• Soil Bug Could Fight Cancer

August 17

• West Nile Cases Could Reach 1,000...
• Dengue/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in Ecuador
• Flood-Stricken Czechs Plan Mass-Vaccination

August 16

• West Nile Virus Hits Colorado
• Scientists Shocked at GM Gene Transfer

August 15

• Legionnaires' Disease Sickens 14 in Vermont State Buildings and Surrounding Area
• Officials Warn Europe Floods May Bring Disease
• Toll from Madagascar Flu Epidemic Nears 400
• Japan Legionnaires' Outbreak Kills 6
• Cholera in Burundi
• Massachusetts Woman Contracts West Nile in Missouri

August 14

• Eighth West Nile Death Confirmed; More New Cases Crop Up
• Forests Fall Silent with Acid Rain
• Company Clones Cows to Produce Human Medicines

August 13

• Further Research Needed on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
• New Polio Cases in India Triple

August 12

• Smart Crow Makes Her Own Tools
• Decoding the Health Claims on Food Labels
• Bugs Wear Technicolour Coats

August 11

• No Need to Guzzle All That Water, Expert Says
• Deadly Madagascar Flu Infects Thousands

August 10

• First Canadian Dies of Human Mad Cow Strain
• Drought Has Positive Side: Plague, Hantavirus Cases Down
• Legionnaires' Claims Second Victim

August 9

• Jitters as US Hunting Season Soon Underway
• AIDS Virus Reportedly Growing Resistant to Drugs
• Flu Clue to Fatal Mystery Illness

August 8

• Legionnaires' Total Tops 100
• 15 Dead From Meningococcal Outbreak, Emergency Rooms Struggle to Cope

August 7

• Has a New Disease Jumped from Animals to Humans?
• Deadly Salmonella Strain Spreading Across the USA
• Misuse of Antibiotics Must be Curtailed
• The Worms Turn: Air Force Base Gets into Composting

August 6

• 54 Cases of Legionnaires' Disease Confirmed in Britain
• Experts: Lack Of Rain Stops West Nile Virus

August 5

• Scientists Discover How Cancer-Spreading Protein Works
• Morphine Stimulates Breast Tumor Growth

August 4

• Killer Bug Strikes Fear Into Thousands
• 10,000 May Be Infected With West Nile Virus
• UK Legionnaires Cases Jump as More Deaths Feared
• Indian State Battles Encephalitis

August 3

• Louisiana Declares W. Nile Emergency
• Encephalitis Epidemic Death Toll in India's Assam Rises to 86

August 1

• Mystery Virus Hits Madagascar
• WHO Issues Dengue Fever Warning – Switzerland
• Deadly Seal Plague Hits Germany
• Deaths of Three Men Prompt Wisconsin to Look for Connection to Fatal Brain Disease in Deer

July 30

• West Nile Virus Spreading Faster Than Expected
• Tick Disease Poses Threat to Blood Supply

• Monster Hunters Spot Giant Fish

July 29

• Jumbo Squid Wash Ashore in California
• UB Researcher Observes Strong Statistical Correlation Between Prevalence of Diabetes, Air Pollution

July 28

• Outbreak of Newcastle Disease Confirmed in Denmark
• Sudden Death and Illnesses Stump Valley

July 27

• Dead White House Crow Had West Nile Virus
• 1 Dead, 1 Critical In Florida Lake Infections

July 26

• Florida: Amoebas Attack Boy's Brain After Swim

July 25

• Impact of Pesticides on Farmworker Children Focus of New EPA-Funded Study
• Swimming Ban At All Chicago Beaches Due To Bacteria
• Silent Polio Carrier Highlights Risk
• New Type of Human Tickborne Disease Puzzles Scientists

July 24

• With Latest Diagnosis, Rabies Cases Near '01 Total
• Man Dies of CJD in E Cape Clinic

July 23

• Land-Walking Snakehead Fish Found in 7 States
• Cholera in Burundi
• Experts Predict 16 Million Americans Could Have Alzheimer's Disease by 2050
• Is a 'Sixth' Extinction Looming?

July 22

• Firefly Glow Used to Track Prostate Cancer Spread
• Lifestyle Linked to Alzheimer's

July 21

• Drought Triggers Grasshopper Boom

July 20

• Ebola Virus Could be Synthesised
• GM Genes Found in Human Gut

July 19

• Weird Fossilized Flying Reptile 'A Vision of Hell'

July 18

• New West Nile Cases in Lousiana
• Malaria Plasmodium Gets Drug-Resistant Quickly: Study
• New Hampshire Officials Warn Public of West Nile Virus

July 16

• 'Rock-Paper-Scissors' Preserves Biodiversity in Bacterial Neighborhoods
• Fat 'Switch' Regulates Weight

July 15

• Wisconsin Mulls Disposal of Dead Deer
• Cholera Confirmed in Afghan Capital
• Dozens Sickened at Kansas City Conference

July 14

• Swiss CJD Rise Raises Alarm
• Melanoma Hits Teens

July 13

• Three Louisiana Men Infected with West Nile Virus
• Los Angeles Hospitals Ill-Prepared for Flu Season

July 11

• Long Hours Linked to Heart Attacks
• CJD Cases 'Will Increase'

July 10

• Potential AIDS Vaccine Could Be Ready by 2005
• NIH Cautions on Hormone Therapy

July 9

• Bubonic Plague Detected in Kazazhstan

July 8

• OFFICIAL: AIDS Not Leveling Off

July 7

• Smallpox Vaccination Decision Near

July 6

• Health Officials Issue Plague Warning
• 45 Million More AIDS Cases Predicted
• Dengue Fever - Honduras Declares State Of Emergency

July 5

• Rare Staph Defies Powerful Antibiotic

July 3

• Terror and Disease Hit Royal Tourist Spots
• Global Warming Lends Power to Jellyfish

July 2

• Disfiguring Epidemic Hits 270,000 Afghans
• 62 Die of Cholera in Mozambique
• Leishmaniasis in Afghanistan
• Suspected Acute Haemorrhagic Fever Syndrome in Gabon