Midwest high school copes with HIV scare

"Students at a suburban St. Louis high school headed to the gymnasium for HIV testing this week after an infected person told health officials as many as 50 teenagers might have been exposed to the virus that causes AIDS." " Officials refused to give details on who the...

Midwest floods spotlight decrepit infrastructure

This report should be a real wake-up call. How can Americans allow their taxes to be squandered on supporting their ever expanding military industrial complex when they need to invest at lease a trillion dollars to upgrade "the decrepit state of U.S. infrastructure" ...

Midwest’s postflood risk: toxic basements

A flood isn't over when it's over--some environmental hazards are still lurking, and, in many cases, growing. And, as other commentators have said, Midwesterners ravaged by historic floods most likely won't get as much federal aid as those affecte by Katrina."The oil,...