Ricin: A bioterror agent with few real victims
Ever since the anthrax and terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the poison ricin has at times been lumped in with other bioterrorism agents because ...
Stories of the dead and injured in Boston bombing
The twin bombs at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded more than 170 on Monday. Here are the stories of those killed and some of the ...
Fearing abuse, FDA blocks generic OxyContin
Federal health regulators will require generic versions of the best-selling painkiller OxyContin to include recent formulation changes designed to ...
Memories of shootings return for Newtown runners
Laura Nowacki rushed to help the shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. As a first responder, the pediatrician was stunned ...
USDA starts new program to track farm animals
The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of ...
North Dakota governor signs 'fetal pain' measure
Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed into law a measure that outlaws abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the disputed premise that at that ...
Groups sue to block Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban
Abortion rights advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to overturn the more restrictive of Arkansas' two new abortion laws, saying the near-ban ...
Pressure cookers help make good bombs _ and clues
In kitchens, they prepare food faster, but pressure cookers by their very nature help make good bombs, amplifying the blast and the carnage.
Defense rests case in Jodi Arias murder trial
Defense attorneys in Jodi Arias' murder trial rested their case Tuesday after about 2 1/2 months of testimony aimed at portraying the defendant as a ...
J&J 1Q profit falls 10 pct despite higher sales
Johnson & Johnson's first-quarter profit fell by just over 10 percent as increased sales were offset by higher costs for production, marketing and ...
EU: Test show no safety issues with horsemeat
More than 7,000 tests across the European Union have shown that nearly 5 percent of the food products labeled as beef contained horse meat, but there ...
3 cancer scientists awarded $500K NY medical prize
Three scientists at universities in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Oregon whose research has helped transform cancer treatment will share one of the ...
Only Miss. abortion clinic gets license reprieve
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state's only abortion clinic. U.S. District Judge Daniel P.
Alicia Keys campaigns for HIV education
Alicia Keys says she wants to spark a global conversation about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The Grammy Award-winning singer met with women who ...
Patenting genes: Justices tackle big health issue
The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting human genes in a case that could profoundly reshape the ...
Serbia massacre puts spotlight on Balkan vet woes
Edin Kapidzic fought in Croatia's brutal war for independence and came out alive. Carrying on in peace turned out to be harder. Years after returning ...
AP Interview: UN puts spotlight on 'stunted' kids
The United Nations Children's Fund says more than a quarter of children under the age of 5 worldwide are permanently "stunted" from malnutrition, ...
Newtown parents back study for clues to violence
As parents, Jeremy Richman and Jennifer Hensel were plunged into grief when their only child, 6-year-old Avielle, was killed in the massacre at Sandy ...
A new case in China adds unknowns to bird flu
A new case of bird flu in China's capital, a 4-year-old boy who displayed no symptoms, is adding to the unknowns about the latest outbreak that has ...
Abbott Laboratories recalls blood glucose meters
Abbott Laboratories is recalling its FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meters after finding that they display and store incorrect test results for ...
Legal pot draws tourists to Colo., Wash., for 4/20
Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend, ...
BBC's Andrew Marr appears 3 months after stroke
Prominent BBC presenter Andrew Marr has made his first television appearance since he had a major stroke more than three months ago. He told viewers ...
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.
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