ANTI-WAR and human rights campaigners yesterday protested over a visit by US Health Secretary Tommy Thompson to Ireland.

IRELAND should take measures to prepare for a series of likely bio-terrorist attacks, a top Bush administration official warned yesterday.

More high school pupils in the United States are keeping their virginity following a government-backed campaign urging teenagers to avoid pre-maritial sex, it was claimed today by family values campaigners.

The US Government is to buy enough smallpox vaccine to treat the country's entire population as fears grow of new bioterrorism attacks.