Editor's Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past c

Editors Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past co

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For

Editor's Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past c

As of October 11, there have been nearly 400,000 confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 worldwide and more than 4,735 deaths reported to the World Health Organization, which estimates that the case count i

The sudden outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 was a dramatic event. It briefly paralyzed several countries in Asia. The economic impact was considerable and illustrated how

Avian influenza (H5N1), sometimes known as bird flu, is a highly contagious animal disease caused by viruses that infect birds and, less commonly, pigs. On rare occasions it has crossed over to human

Unlike sudden epidemics, such as swine flu or bird flu, which receive extensive coverage for their novelty and surprise, malaria has been around a long time and remains a widespread and deadly pandem

Brewing in the far corners of the globe, in hot spots in Southeast Asia and Africa, are viruses whose feared impacts are large enough to place them in the crosshairs of health experts.Many of these a

Editors Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past co