1. HEALTH:
U.N. says DDT needed to halt the ravages of climate-spread malaria

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon went on a public health tour yesterday that took him to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta and to a dinner at the Carter Center at which he discussed global health issues. The tour is part of an effort to call on the U.S. government and the public to support his "Roll Back Malaria" campaign, a worldwide initiative launched two weeks ago that he hopes will finally put a serious dent in the deadly disease, and which is stirring new debate over the use of DDT. Go to story #1