Science & Medicine
The World Health Organization is organizing an unprecedented summit of flu vaccine makers and nations to expand plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
Nov. 1, 2004
World & Nation
Shipments of a killer influenza virus sent to Mexico and Lebanon remain unaccounted for, but the World Health Organization said 15 other countries were expected to have destroyed their samples by today.
April 16, 2005
Researchers find that the coronavirus thrives outside the body and can persist on public and cool surfaces for more than a day.
May 5, 2003
Business
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider stripping the Securities and Exchange Commission of its power to recoup illegal profits from wrongdoers.
Nov. 1, 2019
Movies
The ongoing effects of the reunification of Germany are underlined with gentleness and heart in director Hannes Stohr’s wry “Berlin Is in Germany,” the second film in the Goethe-Institut’s Blockbuster series.
June 10, 2004
Technology and the Internet
Settlement talks between Microsoft Corp. and government antitrust enforcers probably will run up against the same obstacles that have thwarted negotiators for much of the last seven years, legal experts say.
July 24, 2001
The justices refuse to revive Medicaid patient lawsuits seeking part of the $246 billion being paid to the states.
Dec. 3, 2002
Global effort by World Health Organization identifies viral cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome, a key step to conquering new disease.
March 23, 2003
The 48th bird virus fatality in Southeast Asia follows the death of a man in Cambodia. A spate of possible cases is also reported.
March 26, 2005
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April 22, 2000