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The Winter Olympics are still years away, but a group of Vancouver prostitutes is acting prophylactically. Anticipating a surge in business, they're seeking official approval for a "co-op" brothel — a facility to provide testing and other services for Vancouver's men and women of the street.

A new HIV test is available that offers results within a week of infection. Standard tests that look for antibodies in the blood take up to three months to detect the presence of the HIV virus.

Millions of people go to Bangkok for medical care. These medical tourists, who get everything from face-lifts to heart-bypass operations, have helped boost the Thai economy. But doctors are so busy, Thais are having trouble getting care.

The California Assembly has approved a measure that would remove a ban on using state funds to buy needles for clean syringe exchange programs. Supporters say the bill would help ease budget woes that

Environmentalists say a federal agency is dragging its feet when it comes to setting ocean water quality standards. The group says the delays are putting swimmers at risk for diseases. KPBS reporter E

Most heart attacks are caused by a blocked artery. The faster a patient can get to a hospital and get the artery opened, the less heart muscle will be damaged. A new high-tech program begun at Esconid

San Diego State University researchers found harmful viruses in ocean waters along the county's southern coast.

Americans Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering "RNA interference," a way organisms turn off individual genes. The discovery is considered by many scientists to be a breakthrough in modern biology.

Questions have arisen about the FDA's approval of the antibiotic Ketek. The drug, which was released in 2004, can cause liver failure and may have been responsible for at least four deaths.

Mayor Jerry Sanders wants to bring back a clean needle program that was shut down last year. He says the program that allows IV drug users to exchange dirty needles for clean ones will help the city b