China's Birth Defects Soar Due to Pollution

Paul RacetteHealth

Reuters reports that “Birth defects in Chinese infants have soared nearly 40 percent since 2001, a government report said, and officials linked the rise to China’s worsening environmental degradation.”

Drug-Resistant Staph Killed More Americans Than AIDS in 2005

Paul RacetteHealth

A study published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association” shows that infections caused by   anti-bacterial resistant staph infections are no longer confined to hospitals and are increasingly found in community settings such as schools and pose a major health threat.