An article in The New York Times reports the successful transplantation of a bioengineered trachea in a 2 1/2 year old girl who was born without a windpipe. Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, a specialist in regenerative medicine, and his team “made a half-inch diameter tube out of plastic fibers, bathed it in a...

The New York Times reports “The new strain of avian influenza that has infected more than 100 people in China in the last two months has, for the first time, been reported outside mainland China.” A Taiwanese citizen who travels to China frequently has been infected with the H7N9 avian virus that is...

A new article in The New York Times reports “Levels of deadly pollutants up to 40 times the recommended exposure limit in Beijing and other cities have struck fear into parents and led them to take steps that are radically altering the nature of urban life for their children.” Conditions have...