One of two documentary films about the ring of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean, from ProspectTV. Situé à proximité de Mexico, le Popocatepetl est le deuxième volcan d’Amérique du Nord …

One of two documentary films about the ring of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean, from ProspectTV.

One unheralded aspect of the Fukushima crisis is the fact that some of the fuel burned at the Daiichi reactors is made by U.S. companies. In 2010, Japanese nuclear operators …

In Russia’s remotest corner the descendants of gulag prisoners and guards now work side by side under Canadian bosses.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and public health agencies around the world must significantly ramp up screening and surveillance of a new breed of drug-resistant bacteria carrying the gene for …

Research indicates that carbapenum-resistant bacteria — which represent a disastrous threat for clinicians — is now prevalent in South Asia and moving into Europe and North America in the same …

When the 2010 Olympic Games put Vancouver firmly on the world sports stage, the spotlight will also be on the region’s First Nations, or Native Americans. They are gaining increasing …

The last remaining major category of antibiotics, a class known as carbapenums, is already succumbing to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in places such as the US northeast. “The carbapenums are the last …

ESBL-induced drug resistance in much of the subcontinent, including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, has become common, says David Livermore, director of the Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Reference Laboratory at the …