Sep 6, 2010 — With concern over seafood quality growing as a result of gulf contamination, fish buyers must carefully choose their stock and consider foreign options while trying to work with domestic fishermen. By Lyndsey Layton The Food and Drug Administration is

Sep 6, 2010 — WASHINGTON — Exposure to chemicals used to make non-stick cookware and which are found in microwave popcorn may raise blood cholesterol levels in children, a study says. Researchers led by Stephanie Frisbee of West Virginia University School of

Aug 31, 2010 — US politicians are coming under pressure to increase regulation of the country's largest egg producers after a federal inspection of two companies at the centre of a salmonella scare revealed breaches of basic hygiene.

Aug 30, 2010 — WASHINGTON - It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated.

Aug 30, 2010 — WASHINGTON - Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness.

Aug 30, 2010 — Federal investigators found piles of manure up to eight feet tall, live mice, pigeons and other birds inside the hen houses at two egg farms suspected of causing a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness, officials said Monday.

Aug 29, 2010 — Barry Jones sells eggs from his 700 free-range hens at Milwaukee area farmers markets. Ever since the massive outbreak of salmonella in eggs, customers have been bombarding him with questions about how he raises his chickens.

Aug 27, 2010 — The US birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children.

Aug 27, 2010 — ImmunoGen Inc.'s failure to win an accelerated US review for its cancer drug sent shares down the most in eight years, and may signal delays for biotechnology companies led by Onyx ...

Aug 27, 2010 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Food and Drug Administration has released its latest list of possible drug safety concerns, citing Roche's breast cancer drug Herceptin and Sanofi Aventis' heart drug Multaq, among others.

Aug 26, 2010 — A unit of Johnson & Johnson, DePuy Orthopaedics, announced on Thursday that it was recalling two hip replacement systems because many patients required a second hip replacement after the company's implants had failed.

Aug 26, 2010 — Laboratory tests have confirmed that two Iowa egg companies are contaminated with the same strain of salmonella blamed for a national outbreak of illness, which continues to claim victims and has sickened at least 1500 people, ...

Aug 26, 2010 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday substantially lowered its often-quoted estimate of how many people die in a typical flu season, to 24000 from 36000.

Aug 26, 2010 — More than two years after the Food and Drug Administration began receiving complaints about the failure of a hip replacement implant made by the DePuy Orthopaedics unit of Johnson & Johnson, the company said Thursday that it was ...

Aug 25, 2010 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who show signs that their disease has returned after prostate cancer treatment are still more likely to die of other causes, a new study in US veterans shows.