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California grocery stores are once again recalling some beef products.

Thousands of Beijing residents had to move to make way for Olympic construction. Even though the games have cost some their homes and community, they say they're proud to make the sacrifice in order to show the world China's power.

A senior U.S. government scientist who helped investigate a series of deadly anthrax attacks in 2001 died this week of an apparent suicide amid reports that the Justice Department probe had shifted to him, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

Democratic senators are calling for a perjury investigation into comments made by the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The senators claim EPA chief Stephen Johnson lied to Congress and folded under White House pressure on global warming policy.

After he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Jeff Rubin of Philadelphia went bankrupt paying for his medical bills. Would that happen in England? Both the U.S. and the U.K. ration health care. A look at patient experiences on either side of the Atlantic.

Fun is contagious. Okay that might not be a medical fact but if everyone on screen is having a blast, the mood can quickly spread to spectators in the theater. That seemed to be the case with last year's

Nelson Mandela, one of the world's most revered elder statesmen, turned 90 on Friday. South Africa's first democratically elected leader spent decades in prison and dedicated his life to the anti-apartheid struggle.

A new UNICEF-funded program aims to issue birth certificates to all newborn babies in Afghanistan by the end of 2009. If successful, this would be the first time ever that all babies in the country have been accounted for at birth. The registration push should help the country improve health services and education.

The Elders, a leading human rights group, is demanding that longtime Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe step down. Mugabe was sworn in on Sunday amid allegations of violence and intimidation of the opposition. Former Irish President Mary Robinson and Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, both members of The Elders, discuss the situation.

Heat waves like the one we experienced about a week ago are relatively rare in San Diego. But, climatologists predict they'll be a lot more frequent and severe by the end of the century. Scientists sa