Statement by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla on the resolution "The necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba." New York, October 25, 2011 Mr. President: ON November 13, 1991, this General Assembly made the decision of including in the program of... » read this article

"The fight against cholera outbreaks is similar to a battle. The better one knows the enemy one is fighting, the better the chance of vanquishing him. This is why I put so much importance on the truth not being distorted. But w inning a battle is also mental, if we... » read this article

Editor's Note: Dengue fever infects around 100 million people in the tropics each year. Some sources say the disease is fatal for 40,000 people a year while the article below says 12,500. I don't know who is doing the counting! Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that is passed from one... » read this article

(NaturalNews) – The freedom to grow one’s own food is a foundational pillar of civilization, and one that absolutely must persist if humanity itself is to exist. But this freedom is rapidly disintegrating in the US, as multinational corporations like Monsanto seize control of the American food supply through the... » read this article

This 3-part series of interviews with Dr. Vandana Shiva about the future of food is one of the most contentious, revolutionary, profound, and important discussions of any, we have had to date on Food News. This is more than about the safety of biotechnology; its about the ability of all... » read this article

The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar. This is no joke. Here’s the back story. When FDA scientists were asked to weigh in on what was to become the most radical and... » read this article

Editor's Note: Below the following Crawford Killian analysis, see articles by Haitian Dady Chery, Axis of Logic Columnist in which she identified the source of the cholera epidemic in Haiti on October 22, 2010, just 4 days after the presence of cholera was confirmed by the Cubans and weeks before the... » read this article

Editor's Note: According to the statistics provided below this video, texting on the cell phone while driving is about 6 times more likely to result in an accident than driving while intoxicated. - LMB ata regarding car accidents involving cell phone use and/or texting while driving has been limited in the... » read this article

  A new report written by some top scientists has stated – without caveats – that Monsanto’s Roundup brand herbicide causes birth defects.   Monsanto’s business model is based entirely on Roundup – including the genetically modified (GMO) crops that are dominant in the United States and, to a lesser... » read this article

The U.S. government’s half-century campaign to discredit and destroy Cuba’s experiment with socialism has had many ruthless aspects, but perhaps none more so than efforts to disparage and damage the Caribbean island’s widely admired health-care system, as William Blum describes in this guest essay. June 4, 2011 In January, the government of... » read this article

Editor's Note: Paula Spencer has written a pleasant, informative and completely readable article on a subject important to us all. - LMB 5 surprising, life-changing facts to know about inflammation Get ready for the health buzzword of 2011: inflammation. A key biochemical process inside every one of us, inflammation is the... » read this article

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2011 - Laboratory hamsters that were fed rations spiked with blueberry peels and other blueberry-juice-processing leftovers had better cholesterol health than hamsters whose rations weren't enhanced with blueberries. That's according to a study led by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) chemist Wallace H. Yokoyama. Yokoyama... » read this article

A revolution can only be successful when the new generation takes over from the old. When thousands of students come together because of their dedication to helping others at a school that was built to allow them to fulfill their goals, the ground is fertile for students to continue the... » read this article

Dr. Don Huber did not seek fame when he quietly penned a confidential letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in January of this year, warning Vilsack of preliminary evidence of a microscopic organism that appears in high concentrations in genetically modified Roundup Ready corn and soybeans and "appears to... » read this article

The rate of women dying from pregnancy-related complications has increased at a "statistically significant" pace, according to a long-awaited report on maternal deaths released today by the California Department of Public Health. African American, low-income and less-educated women had higher deaths rates from complications related to childbirth, according to the... » read this article

Axis of Logic Editorial Amy Goodman's report (below) on the participation of the American Psychological Association (APA) in government interrogation of prisoners of war and/or in programs that cause physical and/or psychological harm is revealing. It reveals the underbelly of this organization that ostensibly exists and works for research development and... » read this article

March 15, 2011 — A third explosion at the Japanese nuclear plant damaged by the earthquake and tsunami, as well as a fire at another reactor, has resulted in fresh release of radiation that is now considered to be harmful and has increased fears over a catastrophic meltdown. Radiation levels... » read this article

Introduction Since the 1980’s, a series of Haitian administrations have systematically destroyed Haiti’s agriculture in return for U.S. aid.  As a result, Haiti’s production of its own food has dropped from over 80% to less than 40%.  This has caused real hunger.  One of the first blows was the extermination... » read this article

Kuala Lumpur- Malaysian scientists have released genetically modified male mosquitoes in Bentong, Pahang, without public approval, in an experiment to fight dengue fever in an uninhabited forested area.   It is the first time Asia has utilized the genetically altered mosquitoes in the wild to curb the spread of dengue.... » read this article

When Americans spend $100 on health care, is it possible that only $4 goes to keeping them well and $96 goes somewhere else?  Single payer health care advocates compare American health care to that in Western Europe or Canada and come up with figures of 20–30% waste in the US.     But... » read this article