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Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. has asked a federal appeals court for an exemption from part of the federal health care law.  More »

AP, Thu May 23, 2013

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

GENEVA (AP) — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.  More »

AP, Thu May 23, 2013

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.  More »

AP, Thu May 23, 2013

Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reading, writing, arithmetic — and PE?  More »

AP, Thu May 23, 2013

BTG builds interventional medicine platform with deals

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BTG said it would make two acquisitions, one extending its expertise in liver cancer and the other a treatment for severe blood clots, to create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billio...  More »

Reuters, Thu May 23, 2013

Saudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 17. A non-Saudi, whose nationality and age were not given...  More »

Reuters, Thu May 23, 2013

J&J plans filing on more than 10 new drugs by 2017

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it plans to submit more than 10 new products for regulatory approval by 2017, including drugs to treat hepatitis C, immune diseases and schizophrenia, and vaccines for flu, rabies and polio. It said p...  More »

Reuters, Thu May 23, 2013

UN: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus

GENEVA (AP) — A new coronavirus has now claimed 22 lives worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases, mostly in Saudi Arabia, World Health Organization officials said Thursday.  More »

AP, Thu May 23, 2013

Schools should make exercise 'core' subject, U.S. panel urges

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. schools need to boost efforts to get students moving, and make gym class as critical as other core subjects if they want to increase test scores as well as students' general well-being, a leading gro...  More »

Reuters, Thu May 23, 2013

WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus

GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample — a claim disputed by the re...  More »

AP, Thu May 23, 2013
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