Row Over Swine Flu Advice to Women Wanting Babies.

The National Childbirth Trust was accused of scaremongering last night after advising women to consider postponing trying to become pregnant until after the swine flu pandemic has passed.

Hong Kong Flu During Pregnancy Linked to Lower IQ in Children

BlackwellPublishing.com – The Hong Kong flu pandemic was responsible for more than 700,000 deaths worldwide in the late 1960s, with major disease outbreaks in Europe in the winter of 1969-1970. A number of studies have been conducted to determine...

Using Computers to Improve Our Health

Can we use computers to understand generosity? The behavior of crowds? The root of prejudice? Can we use computers to improve society? Researchers have recently made a lot of progress in developing computer models to improve our understanding of human...

Chinese Drug Maker Begins Production of Bird Flu Vaccine

Officials in China have given permission for a Chinese drug maker to begin commercial production of a human vaccine against bird flu after clinical trials showed it was effective. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, scientists worldwide are trying...