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  • Doctor: Gonorrhea 'superbug' 'might be a lot worse than AIDS'

    By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

    A drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea — now considered a superbug — has some researchers worried the effects could match or even exceed AIDS. Published May 1, 2013

  • Ireland publishes bill on life-saving abortions

    By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

    Ireland unveiled a long-awaited bill Wednesday that lays down new rules governing when life-saving abortions can be performed, a point of potentially lethal confusion for women in a country that outlaws terminations. Published May 1, 2013

  • Tax dollars at work: Calif. kids get free condoms by mail

    By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

    Children as young as 12 in California are able to get free condoms delivered to their doors by simply clicking a computer mouse — and the initiative is reportedly funded partly by federal tax dollars. Published May 1, 2013

  • Obama administration to appeal Plan B contraception age limit

    By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

    The Obama administration, under massive pressure from both sides of the culture war over contraception, has decided to appeal a federal court’s order to make a morning-after pill available to everyone without a prescription, just a day after expanding access to the pills for younger teenage girls. Published May 1, 2013

  • Abortion clinic video makers call for government investigation

    By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

    A pro-life activist group that uses hidden cameras to go undercover in abortion clinics called Wednesday for a government investigation into the practice of letting "born-alive" children die. Published May 1, 2013

  • FDA to investigate added caffeine in foods

    By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

    For people seeking an energy boost, companies are increasing their offerings of foods with added caffeine. A new caffeinated gum may have gone too far. Published April 30, 2013

  • Obama admits challenges but doubles down on 'Obamacare'

    By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

    President Obama on Tuesday vowed that his health care law will be a success for both insured and soon-to-be-covered Americans, even though it is a "big, complicated piece of business" facing ceaseless criticism on Capitol Hill and roadblocks to implementation in Republican-led states. Published April 30, 2013

  • 'Obamacare' opponents checking for 'rate shock'

    By Tom Howell Jr. and - The Washington Times

    Opponents of President Obama's health care law are eagerly scouring the paperwork insurers file with states, looking for early evidence of "rate shock" — rising prices ahead of full implementation of the state "exchanges" that begin next year. Published April 29, 2013

  • Videos, court fight fuel surging debate on abortion

    By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

    New undercover videos of abortion professionals explaining late-term abortions, coupled with states passing strict abortion laws and a horror-show abortion criminal case, are keeping abortion at the top of the news — an unexpected development after the nation re-elected its most vocal pro-choice president. Published April 29, 2013

  • Report: Women opting for surgery to get arms like Michelle Obama's

    By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

    The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released its latest cosmetic and reconstructive surgery statistics on Monday, revealing that upper-arm liposuction has seen a 4,378 percent increase since 2000 — a signal that women are paying much more attention to public figures' "guns." Published April 29, 2013

  • Feds shut down clinical trials for HIV vaccine, citing safety

    By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

    Federal authorities have shut down a clinical trial for an HIV vaccine after finding that test subjects were at risk for contracting the virus. Published April 26, 2013

  • Obama all in on abortion, defends government funding to Planned Parenthood

    By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

    President Obama offered a defiant defense of government funding for Planned Parenthood Friday and urged the group's members to help his administration sign up more women for benefits under his besieged health-care law. Published April 26, 2013

  • Sebelius visits Capitol Hill to stop health care law 'train wreck'

    By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

    President Obama's top health official tried Thursday to stanch Republican lawmakers' complaints about the federal health care law amid growing concerns from both sides of the aisle that the administration is facing a "train wreck" as it prepares to go live with key parts of the system next year. Published April 25, 2013

  • Federal funds sought to fight gonorrhea 'superbug'

    By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

    Alarms are being sounded on Capitol Hill about the emerging problem of an untreatable gonorrhea "superbug," and tens of millions of dollars are being sought to prepare for an expected outbreak in the U.S. Published April 25, 2013

  • Another HIV vaccine fails; feds halt study

    By Lauran Neergaard - Associated Press

    Bad news in the fight against the AIDS virus: The government is halting a large U.S. study of a possible HIV vaccine because the experimental shots aren't preventing infection. Published April 25, 2013

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