Today

• Philippine pigs found infected with form of ebola only seen in humans and monkeys before

• WHO approves cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix, donors can buy doses for poor countries

• Bail denied for surgery tech in hepatitis C scare; hundreds tested for disease

• Cutting a third of calories extends the life, slows aging in monkeys _ how about humans?

• Abortion pill accounts for 25 percent of US early term abortions; study shows drugs made safer

July 08, 2009

• Experimental drug helps rabbits, monkeys survive anthrax infections; may aid people in attack

July 07, 2009

• HEALTHBEAT: Paperless hospital points the way but digital health records by 2014 will be hard

• Health officials to increase testing of swine flu for Tamiflu resistance after US case

• New food safety standards for eggs, meat, vegetables being adopted by Obama administration

• FDA resists push to ban painkiller Darvocet but orders stronger warnings about overdose risk

• Md. doctor: Multi-kidney transplant record achieved with 8 donors, 16 surgeries over 3 weeks

• Questions and answers about painkiller dangers that prompted proposed limits on acetaminophen

• Patients fret over proposed limits on Tylenol, other painkillers; doctors say cautious use OK

July 06, 2009

• Can't sleep? Computer-based therapy shows promise for insomnia

• UN chief says $1 billion may be needed for antivirals, vaccines against swine flu this year

July 04, 2009

• As US tackles health care reform, some Europeans warn against too much government control

July 02, 2009

• Heart patients in big alternative medicine study not fully told of risks, probe finds

• Researchers say swine flu inefficient in binding to nose and throat, but could get worse

April 07, 2009

• Tenn. surgeons separate conjoined twin girls who had been fused at the torso, shared liver

March 23, 2009

• Judge orders FDA to let 17-year-olds use Plan B morning-after pill without prescription

March 14, 2009

• Government acts to permanently ban slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own

February 01, 2008

• Bird Flu Continues March 4 Years Later

November 07, 2007

• Study Connects Pill to Artery Buildups

October 11, 2007

• Study: Statin Helps Prevent Heart Attack

October 08, 2007

• Recent Winners of Nobel in Medicine

August 08, 2007

• Mo. Prescription Drug Program Unused

February 09, 2007

• Albuquerque Named America's Fittest City

May 16, 2006

• Cancer Risks Detailed for Arthritis Drugs

February 23, 2006

• Columbia Orders Training on Child Research

September 01, 2005

• Theory: Mad Cow May Have Come From Humans

June 23, 2005

• AP: Merck Tried to Alter Vioxx in 2000

May 23, 2005

• Summary: New Study Shows Crestor's Risks

May 09, 2005

• Terri Schiavo Family Wants Info on Ashes

March 03, 2005

• Efforts to Keep Livestock Probes Quiet

December 21, 2004

• Study Using Pain Reliever Aleve Halted

• Summary: Trial Stopped Over Naproxen Risk

December 17, 2004

• Summary: Stem Cells Used to Repair Skull

• Stem Cells From Fat Used to Repair Skull

December 07, 2004

• Foreign-Made Flu Vaccines Heading to U.S.

December 03, 2004

• FDA Advisers Vote Against Female Sex Drug

December 02, 2004

• Summary: FDA to Decide on Female Sex Drug

November 02, 2004

• Justice's Cancer Treatment May Be Critical

October 05, 2004

• Dates for Nobel Prize Announcements

December 29, 2003

• List of Nations Banning U.S. Beef

December 24, 2003

• World's Biggest Importers Ban U.S. Beef

Today

• Scientists observe mysterious tremors deep in California's mighty San Andreas Fault

• Forecasters say El Nino has returned, can affect weather worldwide

• Science loses ground as nation's greatest achievement, still seen as positive by public

July 08, 2009

• It won't work for humans, but scientists find drug that makes male and female mice live longer

• Astronomers see death throes of stars from 11 billion years ago, spotting oldest supernovae