Bird Flu, Pig Flu, Now Bat Flu? Human Risk Unclear
Posted: 1:11 PM For the first time, scientists have evidence of flu in bats.
Posted: 1:11 PM For the first time, scientists have evidence of flu in bats.
Posted: 1:45 PM A Democratic proposal for Colorado hospitals with religious objections to certain procedures such as abortion has sparked an intense debate over government's role in health care.
Posted: 11:55 AM Drugmaker Glenmark Generics says it is recalling seven lots of birth control pills because in some packages, the pills were in the wrong order.
Updated: 3:14 PM Seven states are asking a federal judge to block an Obama administration mandate that requires birth control coverage for employees.
Posted: 2:48 PM The Obama administration has issued a draft of a strategy to fight the devastating disease that is on the rise as the population ages.
Posted: 9:46 AM Deaths from hepatitis C are on the rise, and federal health officials are considering mandating a blood test for anyone born between 1945 and 1965.
Posted: 9:21 AM State lawmakers are considering a measure that would make illegal the selling or manufacturing synthetic drugs known as "bath salts."
Updated: 12:55 PM A new study has found worrisome levels of arsenic in some baby foods, leading researchers to call for regulatory limits on arsenic in food.
Posted: 8:37 AM A sweeping trans fats ban for public schools is before Colorado senators after a two-week delay.
Posted: 1:53 PM President Obama's top aide said Sunday that the latest iteration of the birth control rule will go forward, while Senate Republicans seek a vote on legislation to stop it.
Posted: 2:02 PM Health officials have ordered that all students and staff at Longmont High School be tested for tuberculosis after about 40 percent of those tested showed signs of exposure.
Updated: 7:14 AM President Obama has conceded to religious leaders outraged over a new health care policy regarding contraceptives, offering a compromise Friday.
Posted: 10:12 AM Trying to cut down on salt? Maybe you should eat less bread.
Posted: 9:46 AM A vending machine at Shippensburg University's Etter Health Center provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.
Posted: 7:45 AM Because of a potential listeria contamination, a Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs.
Posted: 4:40 AM Pennsylvania health officials say the number of people stricken with illness after consuming raw milk from the same dairy has risen to 35 in four states.
Posted: 3:06 PM The FDA says it has found low levels of an illegal fungicide in samples taken from Florida orange juice manufacturers.
Posted: 12:50 PM Pfizer Inc. is recalling 28 lots of birth control pills because of a packaging error.
Posted: 9:23 AM The first drug that treats the root cause of cystic fibrosis won approval Tuesday.
Posted: 8:52 AM Democratic Rep. Cherylin Peniston of Westminster wants to require parental consent before a person under 18 could use a tanning bed with UV exposure.
Posted: 5:37 PM The FDA has approved a new drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
Posted: 9:17 AM A panel of federal judges seems skeptical of the Atlanta police department's decision to reject a job application from an HIV-infected man.
Posted: 3:22 PM The Obama administration has announced that church-affiliated institutions will have to cover free birth control for their employees.
Posted: 9:17 AM About 20 students may have been exposed to tuberculosis by a student at Longmont High School who tested positive for the disease.
Updated: 12:45 PM Most smokers say they'd like to quit, so should state governments be doing more to help them?