IB Geography Food and Health

Failure to improve access to water in Karamoja in Uganda is likely cause widespread hunger and lead to mass migration, Oxfam International warns

The belief that local is best when it comes to measuring the environmental impact of our food is often wrong, says new research

The swine flu virus has reached 160 countries and could infect two billion people within the next two years, the World Health Organization has said.

India, USA, Australia, Germany in focus

The archbishops of Canterbury and York are recommending that churches stop sharing the chalice at communion over swine flu fears, the Church of England said Thursday.

More HIV/Aids patients in Africa could be treated if funds were switched from expensive laboratory testing to local care in villages, research suggests.

Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy, bio-diverse ecosystems. I am a vegetarian, but I maintain there is a place for grass-fed beef on family menus-and pasture-raised cattle in global warming solutions. Cows can help more than harm if they are sustainably raised.

Food prices soared in 2007 and early 2008, throwing hundreds of millions of people around the world into poverty.

Having a lower than average IQ is in itself a risk factor for heart disease, say UK researchers.

The government must map the spread of swine flu more accurately in order to predict the number of people who are likely to die from it, scientists say.

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