Editorial writers discuss these public health issues.

When fishermen found the endangered loggerhead sea turtle off Vancouver Island in February, she was listlessly floating in a ...

Birds and humans have different types of receptors in their respiratory tract that flu viruses attach to, like a lock ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

The Salton Sea, which is actually a very salty landlocked lake, was created by accident in the early 20th century when ...

Marine animals like jellyfish, corals and sea anemones often live with algae inside their cells in a symbiotic relationship. The animals give the algae nutrients and a place to live; in return, algae ...

Hauck’s outlook has sharpened: There will always be threats, like avian flu, that are hard to predict and control, but lead poisoning is a solvable problem. “We’re going to step up our efforts. We’re ...