PARIS: European scientists say they have successfully tested in animals a vaccine for hepatitis C, a contagious and debilitating virus that can cause liver failure and cancer.
Currently, there is no human vaccine for hepatitis C (HCV), which is (...)
PARIS: The proportion of children under five who die each year across the globe has dropped 60 percent over the past four decades, according to a study published Monday.
In the last 20 years this salutary decline has accelerated, with the number (...)
COPENHAGEN: Developing nations at the UN climate conference rejected as "insignificant on Friday an EU pledge of ?7.2 billion ($10.6 billion) to help them tackle global warming.
As Saturday protests in Copenhagen drew tens of thousands of (...)
The once ironclad axiom that the wealthier a nation the lower its birthrate is reversed when countries pass a certain threshold of development, according to a study released Wednesday.
Most of the two dozen nations that have passed this tipping (...)
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BRUSSELS: Climate change is set to inflict damage in every continent, hitting poor countries hardest and threatening nearly a third of the world s species with extinction, UN experts warned Friday.
Global warming will (...)