By Kristen Wyatt - Associated Press
In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
Plummeting birthrates among all teens — especially Hispanics — has helped bring this vital statistic to record-low levels, says a new federal report. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
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 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
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
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
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
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A Republican congressman asked President Obama's top health official on Thursday to declare whether a specific morning-after pill is an abortion-causing drug. Published April 25, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Taiwan confirmed Wednesday the first case of the H7N9 bird flu outside of mainland China. Published April 24, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Facing another conservative rebellion, House Republican leaders Wednesday scratched votes on a bill that would have cut one part of President Obama's health care law in order to prop up another section providing coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. Published April 24, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
House Republicans said Wednesday that the Veterans Affairs Department may not be ready to handle hundreds of thousands of veterans who may sign up for health benefits next year to meet the new individual mandate under President Obama's health-care law. Published April 24, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
States are wrestling with how to treat smokers under the new health care law as they navigate the thorny issue of providing coverage for those who knowingly engage in harmful behavior and how much taxpayers should pay for those folks' choices. Published April 22, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Vegan celebrity trainer John Pierre told Capitol Hill staffers Monday that poor diets can lead to gun violence on campus. Published April 22, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
It took almost five weeks, but national media outlets finally are beginning to cover the horrific abortion trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell — and at least one of liberal political bent has admitted that the blind eye was purposeful, in order to protect the future of abortion Published April 17, 2013
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Speaking for the first time about the murder trial of an abortionist in Philadelphia, President Obama said Wednesday that any abortion provider who violates the law should be prosecuted. Published April 17, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have found that simply the taste of beer can influence someone to drink more. Published April 17, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
The largest movie theater chain in the country has cut the workweek of thousands of its employees, blaming President Obama’s health care law in a company memo that announced its decision. Published April 16, 2013
By Associated Press
Two more people have died in China from a new strain of bird flu, raising the death toll from the virus to 13, state media reported Sunday. Published April 14, 2013
