Health

Hep C cases linked to NH hospital worker rise
Five more people have been diagnosed with the same strain of hepatitis C a former traveling hospital worker is accused of spreading through tainted ...
Court strikes down Costa Rica in-vitro ban
A Costa Rican ban on in-vitro fertilization has been struck down by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a decision that reproductive health ...
Clinton absent from Kerry nomination
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who contracted a stomach virus in early December, became dehydrated, fainted, fell and hit her head, ...
Ky. court upholds decision in penis removal case
A Kentucky man lost his bid Friday to force a doctor to pay damages for removing a cancer-riddled section of his penis during what was scheduled to ...
Pakistani polio workers get police protection
Under police guard, thousands of health workers pressed on with a polio immunization program Thursday after nine were killed elsewhere in Pakistan by ...
Vikings still wowed by Peterson's rapid recovery
Most days, Adrian Peterson went through rehab drills looking as if he were never injured. No one could've foreseen the rapid recovery Peterson has ...
Venezuela court could decide on Chavez swearing-in
The president of Venezuela's Supreme Court said Thursday that it could decide whether it's constitutional to postpone the date of ailing President ...
High or dry? Staying sober for New Year's Eve
Jennifer Perry isn't much of a drinker. Never has been, yet she's ready every New Year's Eve for the inevitable attention when she's out trying to ...
Wounded presage health crisis for postwar Syria
A baby boy joined the ranks of Syria's tens of thousands of war wounded when a missile fired by Bashar Assad's air force slammed into his family home ...
Texas governor asks cancer agency to halt grants
A $3 billion cancer-fighting effort that's already under criminal investigation received yet more humiliation Wednesday when Texas Gov. Rick Perry ...
UN suspends polio drive in Pakistan after killings
The United Nations suspended its polio vaccination drive in Pakistan on Wednesday after eight people involved in the effort were shot dead in the past ...
Germany's Merck suffers setback with cancer drug
German pharmaceutical company Merck KgaA says a late stage trial of a new lung cancer drug has failed to meet expectations. The company, based in ...
9/11 cancer study won't settle debate over risks
The most comprehensive study of potential World Trade Center-related cancers raises more questions than it answers and won't end a debate over whether ...
Amgen to pay $762M settlement over drug marketing
Amgen Inc. has agreed to pay $762 million to resolve federal litigation accusing the drugmaker of marketing the anemia treatment Aranesp for ...
Experts: Kids are resilient in coping with trauma
They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts. Last week's school ...
37 dead in Ukraine from cold spell
Ukrainian health officials say 37 people have died from the severe cold spell that hit the country this month. Temperatures have dropped as low as ...
Bird flu kills 4-year-old boy in Indonesia
A 4-year-old Indonesian boy has died from bird flu, bringing the death toll to 160 in the country hardest-hit by the deadly virus, a health official ...
Ohio governor spares condemned 450-pound killer
The governor on Monday sidestepped a decision about whether a condemned inmate is too fat to be humanely executed by sparing him on the grounds that ...
Philippines OKs divisive contraceptives bill
Philippine legislators passed a landmark bill Monday that would provide government funding for contraceptives and sexuality classes in schools despite ...
Experts: No link between Asperger's, violence
While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection ...
President's pot comments prompt call for policy
President Barack Obama says he won't go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use.
Lack of food stunts Chad children, damages minds
One morning, a little girl called Achta sat in the front row of this village's only school and struggled mightily with the assignment her teacher had ...
Criminal probe adds to Texas cancer agency woes
Texas put up $3 billion in taxpayer money and promised cancer breakthroughs. But a criminal investigation, widespread rebuke from scientists and the ...
Mental health toll emerges among Sandy survivors
The image of his brother trapped in a car with water rising to his neck, his eyes silently pleading for help, is part of a recurring nightmare that ...
APNewsBreak: Texas cancer probe draws NCI scrutiny
The National Cancer Institute confirmed Friday that federal officials are taking a closer look at a troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in ...