Elder abuse is being recognized as a growing problem around the world. But not every offense is necessarily classified as abuse.

Elder abuse is a growing problem everywhere, according to the World Health Organization and other agencies. Why is it so prevalent, and what can be done about it?

Elder abuse is a serious problem worldwide. But the problem isn’t inevitable: certain factors put some people at higher risk for inflicting it or becoming victims.

By the 1970s, the medical community believed they had all but won the war against communicable diseases. What happened?

Roughly 75 percent of the pathogens linked with emerging infections, are zoonoses—diseases that are transmitted between vertebrate animals and people.

Experts predict that the avian flu virus will likely mutate and cause a human pandemic. How might that happen, and what can we do?

The UN says the ongoing tragedy in Darfur is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today. Aid workers and analysts talk to Vision about the crisis.

During the last couple of decades, there has been an upsurge in the numbers of IDPs. By 1995 there were an estimated 20–25 million.

The world’s attention has been drawn to what’s happening in Darfur, with a global outcry from humanitarian organizations, government leaders and media.

Besides the estimated 2.4 million IDPs in Darfur, at least 200,000 Darfuri refugees have crossed the Sudanese border and are living in Chad. What’s the difference between the two designations?

Increasing numbers of DNA-based patents are being applied for on a daily basis. Vision examines some of the implications of the battle over who owns life.

Many in the biotech industry say that patenting will boost research, while probably just as many think it will have an adverse effect.

Many believe that if living things can be patented, life is reduced to a mere commodity.

When a company gets a patent on a biological product, it has monopoly rights and can charge any price it wants for that product.

Arguments in favor of life patenting.

What can parents do to shield children from the pressure to grow up too fast?

Some practical suggestions to help parents keep their children from growing up too fast.

Oil isn’t the only resource that helps shape the peace and regulate the balance of power in the Middle East.

An amazing technology promises freedom from our more troubling genetic predispositions.

Do children need endless structured activities in order to be fulfilled and to ensure a competitive edge as they grow up?