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ARE hotels a hotbed of poverty, oppression and danger? Or are they relatively benign institutions of temporary respite, offering the traveler the basic comforts of a minibar, hot shower and [...]

Abstract Introduction: Emergency department (ED) records and over-the-counter (OTC) sales data are two of the most commonly used sources of data for syndromic surveillance. The majority of detection algorithms monitor [...]

Mobile telephone services and wireless communications equipment companies are pressing forward in Asia to form ventures to produce Internet-access via cellular telephones. This is expected to be the next bonanza in the Internet gold rush, as analysts predict that in a few years' time, most Asians will access the Internet via mobile phones rather than PCs.

New World Development Ltd. posted a decline of 84% in profits for the year ending June 30, 2000. The company has been hurt by major financial debts and bad investment timing.

Carlyle Group is launching a technology venture fund intended for companies in Asia. The private fund is expected to be the largest in the Asian region. Carlyle is expected to invest as much as $750 million over a three-year period.

Companies such as Madeforchina.com and ChinaRen.com go ahead with their businesses while the Chinese government threatens to make all foreign investment illegal. Presently, having a stake in companies that provide content is more legal than having a stake in an Internet Service Provider. But even that could change.

STANFORD, Calif. _ A rumpled Robert B. Laughlin strolled into his first public appearance after winning the Nobel Prize Tuesday and slipped into a seat behind two other Stanford Nobel [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Like many other high school honors students applying for schools, Bill Shen's Bible was U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking of the country's colleges. But, [...]

PASTOR ORTIZ, Mexico _ Their fathers and grandfathers before them left family and home to earn a living. Soon, the next generation, a group of teen-agers hanging out in the [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Labor leader Gilbert Adams, the grandson of Mexican-American immigrants, struggles when asked about the day-laborers who stand on street corners looking for jobs that might otherwise [...]

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras _ Hondurans are drowning in water and dying of thirst. The storm that killed thousands and left more than a million homeless has destroyed the water supply for […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. _ Dr. Frances Conley, who shocked the nation in the early 1990s with her allegations of sexism at Stanford University Medical School, has returned to those dark […]

PALO ALTON, Calif. _ In the early 1990s, her revelations of sexism in operating rooms brought her enemies and national fame. Now Stanford neurosurgeon Frances Conley says her plans to […]

The Department of Energy awarded $20 million to Stanford University on Thursday as part of an ambitious $250 million, 10-year program to ensure the safety of the nuclear stockpile using […]

CULIACAN, Mexico _ Dressed in huraches, the poor walk to the unusual shrine in a rundown district of Sinaloa's steamy capital to pray for something better. In Chevy Suburbans with […]

Consider the humble Tic Tac container with its wonderously tiny plastic hinge, Robert Waymouth urges. Or the beauty hidden in those stretchy plastic rings that hold together a six-pack. The […]

STANFORD, Calif. _ In a mini-culture war that has erupted on the Stanford campus, opponents can agree on one thing: The humanities are in trouble. These days, only 12 percent […]

STANFORD, Calif. _ Stanford University tuition will rise by a relatively modest 4 percent next fall, but a student will still have to shell out a cool $28,857 for a […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Once, when management and labor sat down to bargain, the goal was to get ahead. In the nine-day Northern California supermarket strike, that goal was replaced […]

SAN JOSE _ California employers fined tens of thousands of dollars for violating state health and safety regulations have found a way to lower their costs: appeal. In the last […]

SAN JOSE _ Carolyn Brust, a San Francisco graphics designer, is struggling to begin a career in sales after a painful disability left her unable to draw or type, a […]

PAJARO, Calif. _ Flooded rivers transformed the nation's richest agricultural lands into a muddy swamp over the weekend and left Pajaro and Salinas valley growers predicting more than half a […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Chevron Corp., seeking to avoid a potentially embarrassing and costly jury trial, agreed to pay $2.2 million to four women in what is being described as […]