Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters says more than 780,000 people were killed in nearly 4,000 disasters. A United
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An earthquake killing more than 200,000 people would have been bad enough anywhere, but in Haiti,
Five years ago, James Lovelock's "The Revenge of Gaia" issued a terrifying warning: if humankind didn't radically curtail greenhouse-gas
State and federal wildlife officials are reporting a "moderate" case of an avian botulism outbreak on the marshes of
Failure to tackle climate change at a key UN conference in Copenhagen could be "catastrophic" for health, the heads
Fisheries in Chile on Tuesday began inoculating farm-raised salmon against infectious salmon anemia (ISA), a virus that has killed
About 40 percent of people who have died of swine flu or fallen seriously ill were young and otherwise
ZURICH -- A mosquito capable of spreading the deadly West Nile virus to humans has been detected in central
Two banana diseases spreading in Africa could hurt food supply for 30 million people on the continent who largely
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The H1N1 flu virus could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths, mainly among children and young