Health

Polio vaccine developer Koprowski dies in Pa.
Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, has died. He was 96. Although not as ...
Death toll from bird flu in China rises to 13
Two more people have died in China from a new strain of bird flu, raising the death toll from the virus to 13, state media reported Sunday.
China WHO chief: Beijing H7N9 case not surprising
A World Health Organization official said Sunday that it wasn't surprising that a new strain of bird flu has spread to China's capital after sickening ...
Louisiana company recalls 468K pounds of meat
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Louisiana-based meat packing company has expanded a recall of meat products because of possible bacterial ...
FDA reviewing heart risks of Glaxo diabetes pill
The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting in June to reassess the safety of GlaxoSmithKline's former blockbuster drug Avandia, which was ...
China reports new bird flu death, 2 new infections
Chinese health authorities have reported another death and two new infections from a new strain of bird flu. The new cases reported Friday in Shanghai ...
Report: Baseball pays for clinic documents
Major League Baseball paid a former employee of a Florida anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs for documents, The New York Times ...
Racing helps Mass. father, disabled son forge bond
The year was 1992, and Dick Hoyt and his son, Rick, wanted to run and bike across the country to raise funds for a charity for cerebral palsy — a ...
US says preemie study didn't fully disclose risks
Federal health officials say the parents of premature babies enrolled in a study of oxygen treatment several years ago weren't properly informed of ...
China's bird flu response shows new openness
After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live ...
Tracking Obama's health law in budget isn't easy
Next year is the year President Barack Obama's signature health care law goes into high gear, covering millions of uninsured Americans by a mix of ...
An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise ...
Budget: cover uninsured, trim Medicare, tax cigs
President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next ...
Ex-Tenn. judge sentenced in drugs, sex scheme
A former circuit judge in Tennessee has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for lying to cover up a scheme that provided him with ...
Doctors use brain scans to 'see' and measure pain
In a provocative new study, scientists reported Wednesday that they were able to "see" pain on brain scans and, for the first time, measure its ...
Medication nation: Study shows antibiotic overuse
U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being ...
IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead at age 87
Robert Edwards, a Nobel laureate from Britain whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought ...
Dane cleared of crimes, said to have 'sexsomnia'
A Danish man has been acquitted of molesting two 17-year-old girls after he was found to suffer from a rare sleep disorder known as "sexsomnia." The ...
Dutch recall 50,000 tons of meat across Europe
Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exact source cannot be established and it may contain horse ...
4-year-old boy recovers from new bird flu in China
A 4-year-old boy has recovered from a new strain of bird flu that has killed nine people in China, a doctor said Wednesday, as the country's premier ...
Nev jury orders HMO to pay $500M in hepatitis case
A Nevada jury ordered the state's largest health management organization on Tuesday to pay $500 million in punitive damages to three plaintiffs in a ...
2 more people die in China from new bird flu virus
China says two more people have died of a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll to nine. The official Xinhua News Agency also says the ...
Ex-players call NFL brain-injury panel a 'sham'
Lisa McHale wishes her husband had lived long enough to learn more about the links between concussions and long-term brain injuries. Her husband Tom, ...
Should you have robotic surgery? Pluses, minuses
Robotic surgery is being done more and more often for a variety of operations. But experts say there's a lack of strong evidence that it's any better ...
SAfrica: H7N1 bird flu found in ostrich farm
South African officials say they have detected bird flu on an ostrich farm but that it is unrelated to the strain that has killed eight people in ...