By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The federal government has signed a $200 million deal with GlaxoSmithKline to develop powerful antibiotics that can combat bioterrorism and overcome resistance issues that have made some prescriptions worthless in recent years. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
A federal judge Friday temporarily blocked a first-of-its-kind Arkansas law that would effectively have prevented most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Alabama medical experts are puzzled by a respiratory illness that sent seven to the hospital and ultimately killed two. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Susan L Ruth, TWT Communities
Kyle Love, defensive tackle for the Patriots, was released just days after finding out that he has diabetes. Published May 17, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Up to 20 percent of America’s youth are mentally ill, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds in a new report that looked at the health of adolescents. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
A second case of a deadly new virus related to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been reported in France, the Health Ministry confirmed Sunday. Published May 12, 2013
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
Outraged by the grisly details of late-term abortions in Dr. Kermit Gosnell's clinic, a group of black pastors is coming to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to ask for congressional hearings into the impact of abortion in black communities. Published May 12, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The butter police are on the job. New York City school kitchen managers said they've being targeted and "bullied" by bureaucrats who have threatened "disciplinary action" for buying butter, in violation of a five-year-old policy against using or offering the spread in cafeterias. Published May 10, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A federal judge in New York rebuked the Obama administration on Friday and said the federal government will not get a reprieve from his order to make a form of emergency contraception available to all ages without a prescription. Published May 10, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
A Montana man has been awarded $60,000 in damages after a doctor wrongly told him he had terminal brain cancer and had only six months to live. Published May 9, 2013
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
The jury remained out for an eighth consecutive day in the sensational murder trial of an inner-city Philadelphia abortionist, but the impact of the case already is being felt far beyond the courtroom. Published May 9, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Obama's top health officials released a massive trove of medical billing data Wednesday, which they said will help expose hospitals that charge too much for common procedures. Published May 8, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The head of a drug manufacturer that lobbied on behalf of "Obamacare" now has come out swinging on one key aspect of the plan — the requirement for more tax rebates for dual Medicaid-Medicare recipients. Published May 8, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Cuba has filed its first legal challenge with the World Trade Organization, joining the fight against Australia's tough tobacco packaging laws, the Geneva-based trade body announced Monday. Published May 8, 2013
By Associated Press
Federal health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that a half-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant. Published May 6, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Obama's top health official asked the nation's pediatric groups on Monday to spread the word about benefits within the federal health care law, a plea that coincides with mounting pressure to implement the ambitious overhaul before its main provisions kick in next year. Published May 6, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
The South Carolina state House passed a bill Wednesday that declares President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be "null and void," and criminalizes its implementation. Published May 2, 2013
By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press
Parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children, a big government survey found. Published May 2, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, a Democrat, has decided to expand the Medicaid program in his state under President Obama's health care law. Published May 2, 2013
By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press
The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday. Published May 2, 2013
