Health functionaries have stated that West Nile virus has been found in a fowl in Spanish Fort in Baldwin County, which is the fifth case of the mosquito-borne infection in 2007.

Charlotte Plumb, environmental supervisor for the Baldwin County Health Department said that the disease was detected in a sentry chicken, one of the chicks placed in cages at different locations in the region of Baldwin and examined regularly for the existence of diseases channeled by mosquitoes.

New York: Brazilian researchers have reported that curing nighttime breathing problem, obstructive sleep apnea; with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) have a positive effect on early symptoms of atherosclerosis.

The researchers have discovered that too much use of multivitamins could raise prostate cancer risk.

A new study has found that men have to be careful about taking multivitamins more than one time on a daily basis as it may increase the risk of prostrate cancer.

London, Sept.28 : To mark the 138th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, the Indian High Commission in London will release a book titled "Mahatma Gandhi: Images and Ideas for Non-Violence" by Vijay Rana.

Washington, Sept 28 : Pakistan and Russia are the two most vulnerable countries to nuclear theft, according to a new report by a prestigious Washington think-tank.

The report by the group called Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) says that of the states that have either nuclear weapons or significant amounts of high-quality weapons-usable materials, only Pakistan fares as poorly as Russia in Transparency International’s ratings of corruption levels.

London, Sept.27 : Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who was hanged last December for crimes against humanity, is reported to have offered to step down and go into exile a month before the invasion of Iraq by Allied forces.

Anticipating defeat, Saddam is said to have approached U.S. President George W Bush with the offer that included going away for good in return for 500 million pounds (one billion dollars), the Daily Mail reports.