A 'mad cow' disease expert has warned that the presence of the fatal sickenss in sheep could be dangerous to humans and might therefore constitute a 'national emergency' in
China has taken its first resolute steps towards tackling the year 2000 computer problem by issuing an order that system changes must be completed by next March. The directive from the state council
Britain leads the world in cutting deaths from smoking, the British Association's annual science conference in Cardiff heard. Richard Peto, professor of medical statistics at Oxford University,
The UK government was facing the possibility of a new health scare following remarks by an expert on BSE that the disease could be present in sheep. Professor Geoffrey Almond, chairman of the sheep
The amount of coal burned at English and Welsh power stations has risen substantially since the end of March because of a cool summer and a shutdown of French nuclear power plants caused by a design
At least 202 people have died in the Philippines of dengue fever, and more than 11,200 other have been hospitalized with the disease in the first eight months of this year, the Department of Health
Homes of 20 million Bangladeshi's have been swamped by monsoon floods that have lasted almost two months, twice as long as any other recorded. The waters have inundated more than half the country,
The Madhya Pradesh governent yesterday selected three coal projects for escrow cover. They include Daewoo Power-promoted 1,070 mw Korba project, the Pench Power-promoted 500 mw Pench project and
Colo Pikes Peak, a beacon to pioneers and gold seekers in the Old West, is being wrecked by the gravel road that 300,000 sightseers use every year to reach its 14,110-foot summit, according to
The government blood bank in Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital in the Capital is not functioning for the past 20 days allegedly due to the non-availability of blood screening kit.
