About 70 percent of current cancer drugs are either natural products or derived from natural compounds, and the world's largest rain forest is a great cauldron of biodiversity that has already produced medicine for diseases such as malaria.

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Southeast Asia and South Pacific island nations face a growing threat from malaria and dengue fever as climate change spreads mosquitoes that carry the diseases and climate-change refugees start to migrate.

A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said

The ingredient, perchlorate, has been found in at least 395 sites in 35 states at levels scientists say could interfere with thyroid function and pose developmental health risks, particularly for babies and fetuses. This shocking decision ignores science.

A group of senators have introduced bipartisan legislation to boost funding for the conservation of migratory birds. The Senate bill reauthorizes the existing Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) but at significantly higher levels, to meet

The Number of Allergy Cases Rose 50 Percent Over Past Three Years

One of my all time favorite websites is Dr. Leslie Taylor's Rain-tree.com and my favorite section of the website is the plant database she has painstakingly compiled.

This summer, an outbreak of typhus has left 16 Travis County residents with the flea-borne illness; 14 others are suspected of having the disease. In recent years, whooping cough and West Nile virus have also plagued Central Texas.

Written by Jennifer Lance Just like many other products designed for children we have discovered, there are potential health hazards on the playground. Play sand, contains carcinogenic dust, etc...