IB Geography Patterns and Change

National Flu Service was launched, offering sufferers access to drugs on the phone and via the internet without the need to see a GP.

Arab health ministers have agreed to prevent vulnerable groups joining this year's Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, because of fears over swine flu.

Immigration from Mexico to the United States slowed at least 40 percent between mid-decade and 2008, according to the analysis, based on national population surveys

Immigrants who want to become British citizens will win bonus points if they go to live and work in Scotland , where the population is ageing, Jim Murphy , the Scottish secretary, announced today.

Proponents of Italy's new anti-immigration laws say they are a much-needed response to a serious problem, but critics say they recall the policies of the fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, reports the BBC World Service's Madeleine Morris in Milan.

A filthy squat in Calais is home to 50 Eritreans who daily try to cross the Channel seeking asylum in Britain. Here are their stories.

Estimates of the carbon legacy of bringing a child into the world suggest that the green choice may be to stop at two kids

One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to research seen by the BBC.

The Global Campaign for Climate Action is running the "Human Voices" campaign, a key component of which is the Climate Orb over on the TckTckTck website. It just went live at the end of last week and now you can add your experience to the project.

India's capital, Delhi, recorded more female than male births during 2008, for the first time in many decades.

India's capital, Delhi, recorded more female than male births during 2008, for the first time in many decades.

Low-lying Pacific island nations have long been saying that the climate change commitments coming from the wealthy nations of the world, including the G8 pledge to hold global temperature rise to 2°C, are inadequate to protect their future. Now they have some more allies -- A coalition of the world's poorest countries,