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Hospital: Nurse involved in Kate hoax call dies
A nurse who fell victim to a prank telephone call seeking information about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has died, the London hospital where she ...
AP Exclusive: Japan scientists took utility money
Influential scientists who help set Japan's radiation exposure limits have for years had trips paid for by the country's nuclear plant operators to ...
Report: Calif. stem cell agency needs overhaul
California has transformed into a major player in stem cell research, but the taxpayer-funded institute responsible has "significant deficiencies" in ...
Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue
Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of ...
Roger Ebert hospitalized with fractured hip
Famed Chicago movie critic Roger Ebert has been hospitalized with a hip fracture. His wife, Chaz Ebert, told The Associated Press on Thursday that her ...
For Washington state, legal pot _ and now what?
People openly lit joints under the Space Needle and on Seattle's sidewalks — then blew the smoke at TV news cameras. To those looking to "get baked," ...
Condemned obese Ohio killer asks board for mercy
A condemned obese killer should be spared because of lingering doubts about his "legal and moral guilt" and the conduct of defense and prosecution ...
Pregnant Kate discharged from London hospital
The Duchess of Cambridge left a London hospital Thursday after being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy. Clutching a small ...
As pot goes proper, a history of weed
The grass is no greener. But, finally, it's legal — at least somewhere in America. It's been a long, strange trip for marijuana. Washington state and ...
Father: Sick girl safe and being treated in Mexico
The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a sick girl with leukemia deepened Wednesday after her father said his 11-year-old daughter is being ...
Social Security fast-tracks rare-disease claims
In an effort to ease the burden of being stricken with a debilitating condition, the Social Security Administration is expanding a program that ...
Aussies sorry for crank call to Kate's hospital
Two Australian radio disc jockeys apologized Wednesday after impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles in a prank call and getting a London ...
At 450 pounds, Ohio killer fights execution
At about 450 pounds, Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post is so fat that his executioners won't be able to find veins in his arms or legs for the lethal ...
Proponents seek end to ban on abortion coverage
Proponents of ending the ban on women in the military using their health insurance to pay for abortions in cases of rape and incest stepped up the ...
Study could spur wider use of prenatal gene tests
A new study sets the stage for wider use of gene testing in early pregnancy. Scanning the genes of a fetus reveals far more about potential health ...
Longer tamoxifen use cuts breast cancer deaths
Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 ...
Congress votes to remove word 'lunatic' from law
You can say "lunatic" all you want, but you probably won't have the government's blessing. The word "lunatic" will be stricken from federal law under ...
Anderson Cooper says he suffered sun blindness
Anderson Cooper says a reporting assignment turned into a temporary blindness scare. On his talk show Tuesday, Cooper said he was in Portugal last ...
Scare prompts look at carbon monoxide detectors
It's odorless, colorless and deadly. And if carbon monoxide is leaking in a school, it might not be detected until people are ill. A leak at an ...
Calif. gay therapy ban sparks competing rulings
Two federal judges in California have arrived at opposite conclusions on whether the state's first-of-its-kind law prohibiting licensed ...
Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate
Salmon that's been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes ...
Baxter to buy Swedish firm Gambro in $2.76B deal
Drug and medical device maker Baxter International plans to buy the privately held Swedish company Gambro AB for about $2.76 billion to broaden its ...
Harvard recognizes group promoting safe kinky sex
Kinky sex has been admitted to Harvard. The nation's oldest university has formally recognized Harvard College Munch, a group promoting discussions ...