Bioterror defense still weak
As evidence that the nation's public health system has begun to make profound changes to deal with bioterrorism, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention point to something...
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With `dirty bomb,’ chaos could be main fallout
A radioactive "dirty bomb" is a terrorist's dream weapon--one designed to maximize panic and disruption to daily life, even if there are few immediate casualties. By coupling common explosives such...
Post-traumatic stress grips N.Y. after attack, study says
Depression and post-traumatic stress were strikingly widespread among Manhattan residents in the weeks after Sept. 11, according to the first scientific study designed to measure the psychological toll of terrorism...
Playing doctor . . . or playing God?
Last summer, as the debate raged in Washington over human embryonic stem cell research, a nightmare loomed that everyone hoped would just go away. To most scientists, stem cells represent...
Widespread anguish gives scientists rare view of coping
Most Americans showed signs of psychological distress after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, but since then many have bounced back by instinctively doing things mental health professionals would have...
From Bible to battlefield, anthrax has widespread past
Anthrax is an ancient enemy, a nemesis since the dawn of civilization that was harnessed early as a biological weapon. Well-known to the Greeks and Romans and widespread in Europe...
State tackles readiness for biochemical attack
After years of incremental preparations for what once seemed the remote chance of an attack with biological or chemical weapons, Illinois emergency agencies have launched urgent efforts to strengthen their...
Anthrax, smallpox unlikely, but feared
As concern mounts over the need to prepare for biological attack from terrorists, the U.S. anthrax vaccine program is in disarray and production of new smallpox vaccine is years away....
1 in 5 girls say date got violent
About 1 in 5 teenage girls report being physically or sexually hurt by a dating partner, researchers reported Tuesday in what is billed as the most representative study of dating...
BIOLOGY: An immortal cell
Citing the flood of stories in the media about the anticipated benefits and ethical quandaries posed by stem cell research, the National Institutes of Health complained in a recent report...