Societies

Progress towards nationwide, state-mandated coverage of colon cancer screening according to accepted medical guidelines has slowed to a crawl as state legislators await the outcome of the health care reform debate at the federal level, a coalition of publ

The global livestock sector has far outpaced the regulatory capacity of governments and societies and this has major implications on areas such as environment and human health.

Suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani employees, police and the organization sai

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Global and Community Leadership Honors Program Lecture Series will present a lecture on health disparities in the Hispanic community by Edwina Taylor, founder of Cahaba Valley Health Care (CVHC), Wednesday, Ma

Gunmen attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six people working for the organization, police said.