Indonesia's health minister says Sunday they are investigating a possible human case of bird flu after a 37-year-old woman dies showing symptoms of the disease.

If confirmed, this would be Indonesia's fourth human fatality from avian influenza. In July, Indonesia became the fourth Asian country to record human cases after a man and his two daughters died following contraction of the H5N1 strain of the virus

British Treasury Chief Gordon Brown on Friday introduced a $4 billion program to provide lifesaving immunizations in poor countries, reports The Associated Press.

The initiative hopes to save the lives of five million children and as many adults as possible. Along with Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Sweden are also sponsoring the program

British Treasury Chief Gordon Brown on Friday introduced a $4 billion program to provide lifesaving immunizations in poor countries, reports The Associated Press.

The initiative hopes to save the lives of five million children and as many adults as possible. Along with Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Sweden are also sponsoring the program

Scientists who want to create a human embryo with genetic material from two mothers are given the go ahead by Britain.

Scientists from Britain's Newcastle University plan to transfer the pro-nuclei - the components of a nucleus of a human embryo - by a man and woman into an unfertilized egg from another woman to prevent mothers passing certain genetic diseases to their unborn babies, reports The Associated Press

Contrary to popular beliefs, researchers now think high levels of daily stress may actually lower a woman's risk for breast cancer.

A Danish team says regular doses of stress may be beneficial, while a short stint of acute stress, as occurs after the loss of a loved one, may be bad