For over sixty years the Navy used the Eastern part of Vieques as their Live Impact Area. Everything from Napalm to Agent Orange to Depleted Uranium bullets were released on this eastern part of the island.   more »

Activists from more than 70 civil society groups from around the world have denounced the United Nations political declaration on HIV/AIDS released Friday at the end of a major international gathering.   more »

A dramatic shift of funds and priorities is needed to stem the tide of the global AIDS pandemic, said women's health advocates in Washington, DC last week, marking the 25th anniversary of the disease's discovery.   more »

As all of you contact lens wearers have heard by now, Renu has been taken off the public market due to the alarming numbers of fungal infections that have broken out recently.    more »

The right to safe water must be enshrined in international law and policed by the United Nations if millions of people are to be spared death from want of water or from water-borne diseases, activists told governments and business at international talks ending Wednesday.   more »

Bird flu likely would be detected in the United States this year, federal officials warned Monday as a top UN official said efforts to fight a pandemic in Africa were hamstrung by a lack of money.   more »