Reuters - Elizabeth Edwards is facing the worst news any cancer patient can hear -- once cancer comes back, it can almost never be cured.

Reuters - Scientists in the Netherlands are developing a new generation of foods that can help prevent obesity by making people eat less, a research institute said on Thursday.

AFP - Bangladesh confirmed Thursday its first case of bird flu, prompting mass culling of poultry at a farm outside the capital Dhaka, officials said.

AFP - Authorities have detected the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in dead crows in Pakistan's capital, officials said Thursday.

AFP - Animal health experts on Thursday offered cause for optimism in the fight against bird flu, while warning that the risk of a global pandemic would be around for years to come.

AFP - Expanding drug resistance and HIV/AIDS threaten to reverse tangible gains made in the global fight against tuberculosis, the World Health Organisation warned Thursday.

AP - States that rely on tourism and entertainment for much of their economy would likely be the hardest hit during a severe influenza pandemic. Nevada and Hawaii are at the top of the list, according to a report released Thursday.

Reuters - Since January, Patricia Roberts has had access to something that many of the poorest people in the United States can only dream of: a pharmacy in her neighborhood.