Many children stung by fire ants in southeast U.S.
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A new study suggests that many  children in the southeastern United States are stung by fire  ants, as evidenced by signs of an immune system reaction to the  fire ant venom. Although this can put them at risk for a  potentially severe allergic reaction the next time they are  stung, the prevalence of severe reactions in this group is very  low.
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Taiwan wants to eradicate red imported fire ants within three years but the pest, which has spread fear across the island, will be tough to get rid of, an agriculture official said Wednesday.
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They were collected by the Metro Health Department in the southeastern part of the county. The find prompted the health department to start another round of mosquito spraying.
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By FOSBENDER, Erica  SOUTHERN litterbugs were issued a stern warning on Saturday by a group of young people who spent much of the day cleaning up Oreti Beach.  "It's mainly drunk people leaving bottles ...
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 26--More than 200 crew members Tuesday battled Burke County forest fires that have burned 1,100 acres in less than a week, authorities said.
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A rice-sized mite that sucks blood from honey bees is wiping out thousands of hives in Oregon and across the nation, making life difficult for beekeepers and for farmers who depend on bees to pollinate their crops.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. helicopters shuttled  the injured and the homeless, many of them children, out of  some of the worst-hit parts of tsunami-devastated Aceh province  on Monday, as reports surfaced of trafficking in orphans from  the disaster.
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Since their home was torched six weeks ago, Peter Monderu's six children sleep tangled like puppies on the cold ground. His 9-year-old girl bears the scars of a horrific arson attack on a church, and his fearful wife startles awake at the least sound.
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By Bethany Meisinger-Reiff Contributing Writer  VANDALIA -- Last week may have been Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, but the city of Vandalia has been aware of -- and preparing for -- the invasive pest for some time.
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By John Railey, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Mar. 4--The outrageous words must have hurt a lot of Southern Baptists.  "I believe kids are not safe in Southern Baptist churches," Christa Brown  told The Associated Press the other day.
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Autism is more common in the United States than anyone had estimated, affecting about one in every 150 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
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Forest fires ravaging southeastern Australia have burned 800 square miles, but that could rise to 2,300 square miles within days, firefighters said Saturday.
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SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 18: Two school children were killed and eight suffered severe burn injuries when around 10 students were electrocuted after a high tension electric wire snapped over a school on the outskirts of Srinagar today.
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Four young children died when fire engulfed their rural home, and state investigators were called in to help determine the cause of the blaze, officials said Sunday.
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Kenyata Johnson is worried that her 7-year-old son may become an academic casualty of Hurricane Ivan. The first grader is among 92,000 Escambia and Santa Rosa county students who will return to their classrooms Monday after missing 19 school days because of the storm that slammed the Florida Panhandle on Sept. 15.
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Nine children have died of flu this  season in Alabama, an unusually high number that has some  experts worried, a pediatrician said on Thursday.
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Hurricanes pose more of a threat than they did 30 years ago because of population growth.