WASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. health experts say the country is short on ventilators to combat any pandemic like bird flu and there are not enough trained people to operate them. A 400-page plan issued in November by the Bush administration called for 742,500 ventilators, machine

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The Bush administration says concerns about security at U.S. ports to be operated by an Arabic company are already addressed in the deal's contract.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Democrats want to create a White House flu pandemic coordinator, saying the nation is "dangerously unprepared" for an outbreak of bird flu.

NEW YORK, D.C., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A New York City researcher says President George W. Bush's call to remain on the offensive against the avian flu has come too late.

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Medical experts have said the United States' flu shot shortage could have been prevented, the New York Times reported Sunday.

'MR. COUNTRY GOSPEL MUSIC' HAS DIED The founding father of one of the most enduring groups in country gospel music has died. James Blackwood was the last surviving member of The Blackwood Brothers Quartet.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The New York Metro Area Postal Union lost its bid Friday to get New York City's largest mail sorting facility shut down because anthrax was found on several mac