Hong Kong and China's Guangdong province will increase joint HIV surveillance and prevention efforts, which they began in 2003, to reduce the spread of the virus after both governments reported record numbers of HIV cases in 2006, China Daily reports.

According to China Daily, the Hong Kong Department of Health reported 373 new HIV cases last year, an increase of 19% from 313 cases rep...

Last time we got together for a drink, we were celebrating a milestone — we'd broken a thousand days left in the Bush administration. It was the 999 party.

That was last April. About a hundred people showed up, including the Raging Grannies and some members of my Apostrophe Posse.

It felt great to be in the same room with like-minded people, even if what we had in common was ...

DURHAM -- It would take most people two or three lifetimes to cover as much professional turf as Durham native Willis Whichard has spanned in one.

At 66, he has been a practicing lawyer, a member of both houses of the state Legislature and a judge on each of the state's two highest courts: the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.

He also found time to be a law school dean for more ...

DURHAM -- Young-In Song is fighting so others may find peace.

A Duke University sophomore who came to the U.S. six years ago, Song has long been devoted to the cause of some 100 surviving Korean women who say they were sex slaves of the Japanese military during World War II.

Song is one of many individuals who believe the Japanese government should issue a formal, Parliament-backe...

Wal-Mart has hired Democratic P.R. experts to help improve its reputation on such issues as low wages, miserly benefits, sex discrimination, and union busting.

Keywords Wal-Mart ; Corporations ; Public Relations ; Edelman Worldwide ; Dach, Leslie ; Lobbyists ; Environment

On the second floor of Wal-Mart's headquarters, in Bentonville, Arkansas, is a windowless room called Acti...

Last time we got together for a drink, we were celebrating a milestone — we'd broken a thousand days left in the Bush administration. It was the 999 party.

That was last April. About a hundred people showed up, including the Raging Grannies and some members of my Apostrophe Posse.

It felt great to be in the same room with like-minded people, even if what we had in common was ...

Looks like college students are going to have to start paying more for sex. Friday, The Associated Press reported that an obscure provision in a 2005 federal deficit-reduction bill has resulted in drug companies revoking steep discounts they used to offer to college health providers to sell contraceptives. That might seem like a raw deal for cash-strapped college students, but the fact of the ...

Giving up smoking can reduce the risk of dying from the disease by up to 70 percent, new research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology this week shows.

The research by the Asia Pacific Studies Collaboration (APCSC) confirms that cigarette smoking substantially increases the risk of dying from lung cancer in both Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) and Asia, and importantly highlights...

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