A plague&#39;s grim reminder
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Stepping up to the lectern in Nassau University Medical Center&#39;s auditorium last Wednesday, however, Velez told quite a different story.
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For some people, it&#39;s going to the dentist or even the doctor. For others, it&#39;s a bumpy plane ride or even something more down to earth, like that household chore which comes around a little too often.
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As local officials struggled to account for the dead and missing, another challenge began to loom: heading off disease.
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AS THE grim images of parents weeping inconsolably over their children&#39;s graves were beamed into drawing-rooms the world over, few eyes would have been dry or hearts un-enraged at the fiends who target children.
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Every so often, nature reminds humans why we once feared it. And once in a while, we remember in turn what makes us human. In the terrible wake of the tsunamis in Southeast Asia--so vast their counterparts
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Locusts are commonly associated with plagues, food shortages, and death. But they are also inspiring what may be the next wave in lifesaving collision-avoidance systems.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Memories of the 2001 anthrax attacks and planning mistakes haunt Dr. Julie Gerberding as she urges government and private companies to prepare for a potential bird flu pandemic.
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As a person living with HIV for 18 years, I was pleased to see an editorial taking the stand &quot;Global plague needs our commitment.
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In a sickening way, the horrific death toll from the tsunamis last week was an information disaster.
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The nation&#39;s public health system remains woefully unprepared to respond to a crisis, despite repeated government warnings about the possibility of bioterrorism or another health
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Bubonic plague has killed one person  and made another sick in China, the Health Ministry said,  appealing for efforts nationwide to prevent further outbreaks.
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Bee Columnist. Here we go again. If it&#39;s fall, it must be time for our annual flu scare. Last November, it was the killer influenza that failed to materialize.
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An outbreak of avian influenza (&#39;bird flu&#39;) among villagers in Thailand is raising fresh fears that spread of the virus, which kills 75 per cent of people it infects, could, at least in principle, reach pandemic proportions.
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Polio was stopped in its tracks, but now we must make sure the price was not too high. Many Australians will remember the crippling disease poliomyelitis that scourged Australia in the middle of last century.
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Experts say it&#39;s only a matter of time before the next pandemic takes a deadly toll. For more information, check www.hhs.gov, the Web site of the Health and Human Services Department.
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You can pray you don&#39;t get the flu, but some places of worship are being extra-careful so you don&#39;t catch a bug during the nation&#39;s worst flu vaccine shortage ever.
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where public health systems, already weak, are now overwhelmed. &quot;There is a chance that we could have at least as many dying from communicable