Posted: 10:22 AM The University of Notre Dame is suing Obama administration officials over the mandate requiring most employers to cover birth control.

Posted: 11:55 AM New lung cancer screening guidelines recommend annual CT scans but only for current or former heavy smokers aged 55 to 74.

Updated: 8:13 PM Public Health Officials are promoting low-cost rabies vaccination clinics occurring in Pueblo this weekend. Currently, 13 skunks have tested positive for rabies in Pueblo this year, and pets have been euthanized after contact with rabid skunks.

Posted: 11:01 AM The U.S. Army is launching a sweeping, independent review of how it evaluates and diagnoses soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder.

Posted: 10:56 AM More than a third of prescriptions written by doctors in the U.S. are now electronic.

Updated: 6:03 AM It’s a first for the U.S. New census information shows that over half the babies born in the United States are minorities.

Updated: 11:21 PM Hundreds of southern Colorado students went home with their hands full of nutritious food

Updated: 6:33 AM Southern Colorado dentists are working to protect the environment from a toxic metal; mercury.

Posted: 12:27 PM A woman in Philadelphia will stand trial for allegedly administering illegal buttocks injections. An exotic dancer testified that she paid $1,000 for the injections at a "pumping party," and later suffered lung damage.

Posted: 11:17 AM A paralyzed Massachusetts woman used her brain waves to direct a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips.

Updated: 12:57 AM People with more education and income are less likely to suffer from some chronic diseases, according to a new government report.

Updated: 3:23 PM The state Senate fell a single vote short of setting a blood standard for THC. This is the third time the proposal has failed.

Posted: 9:08 AM A Douglas County ranch is under quarantine after a potentially fatal horse virus was found there.

Posted: 1:46 AM Over 5 millions Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Now President Obama said he wants to see some effective treatments for the disease by 2025.

Posted: 12:37 AM New research confirms that staying fit can reduce the risk of high blood pressure, even if it runs in a patient’s family.

Updated: 5:29 PM Popular HIV-fighting pill already on the market may also help people avoid contracting the virus. An FDA panel has endorsed using the drug for that purpose.

Posted: 4:47 PM A panel of expert advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 18-4 to recommend approval of a new prescription weight-loss drug.

Updated: 6:29 AM A new national survey finds that one out of five pregnant Caucasian women smoke. That’s nearly 22 percent rate is higher than other races.

Updated: 10:23 AM The FDA is proposing guidelines to ensure children get smaller doses of radiation in medical tests.

Posted: 12:48 AM Staying active may reduce the risk of dying from breast and colon cancer.

Updated: 9:38 AM We know we’re supposed to use sunscreen every day, especially in Colorado. Sometimes we may forget. But here’s a reminder of just how big of a threat skin cancer really is, especially melanoma.

Updated: 9:44 AM The new report from the Institutes of Medicine has been released. It shows changes are needed beyond the individual to get America healthier.

Posted: 12:01 PM Already, about a third of people are obese. By 2030, it is estimated 42 percent of the population will be overweight.

Posted: 5:07 PM At least 14 people in nine states have been infected with salmonella from tainted dog food.

Posted: 4:09 PM 276 tons of unwanted or expired medications were collected by the DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 28.