Avian Flu and Influenza Pandemics
(2006) As avian flu kills a growing number of people and outbreaks of the virus are reported in birds from China to Turkey, public health officials fear a new global influenza pandemic could already be brewing.
(2006) As avian flu kills a growing number of people and outbreaks of the virus are reported in birds from China to Turkey, public health officials fear a new global influenza pandemic could already be brewing.
(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals' well-being and societies' economic and social development.
(2010) The cities and towns of developing countries are projected to absorb at least 2.5 billion additional people by 2050. At the same time, these areas will experience global climate change likely to bring floods, droughts, food insecurity, and loss of livelihoods.
(2009) One in every 10 children in the United States had no health insurance in 2007, and the cost of insurance to families and employers is rising, according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine. America's Uninsured Crisis: Consequences for Health and Health Care is an independent assessment of published studies and surveys and provides new research on how lack of coverage affects U.S. children and families.