Novartis discontinues hepatitis C, antifungal treatments, takes $590 million 3Q charge

Novartis drops 2 drugs, expects $590M charge

Kansas airman faces military hearing after allegedly concealing his HIV status from partners

HIV-positive Kan. airman faces hearing on assault

Lawsuit seeks class-action status for case against 2 Iowa farms involved in egg recall

Lawsuit seeks class-action in egg recall case

AP Exclusive: Owner of peanut company linked to 9 salmonella deaths is back in business

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Prof in ‘03 plague scare sets off Miami airport shutdown with canister later deemed harmless

Prof in ‘03 plague scare sets off airport shutdown

Official: Scientist detained at Miami airport once charged with transporting bubonic plague

Prof in Miami scare once accused of hauling plague

Federal agents descend on egg farms at center of recall for second time

Federal agents descend on egg farms for 2nd time

Virginia judge recommends $12 million settlement in salmonella outbreak tied to peanut company

Judge recommends $12M settlement on bad peanuts

Hamburg: Massive egg recall dramatizes need for agency to have greater regulatory authority

FDA commissioner says agency needs more authority

Iowa farms recalling eggs share suppliers and ties to businessman often cited for violations

FDA looking for source of tainted eggs

WASHINGTON — Investigators from the Food and Drug Administration are working to find the cause of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened as many as 1,300 people and forced the recall of more than a half-billion eggs.

Kenyan court gives 8-month sentence to 2 tuberculosis patients for skipping their medications

Kenyan court sentences 2 TB patients to 8 months

Is that medicine real? In new system, Africans are sending text messages to find out

Africans text message to check if drugs are real

Ex-police chief to testify before Mass. grand jury looking into 1986 killing by ex-Ala. prof

Mass. grand jury examines ‘86 killing by Ala. prof

Coroner: Actor Corey Haim died of pneumonia complications; drugs not listed as factor

Coroner: Haim died of pneumonia complications

Doctor at Johns Hopkins says arsenic played a part in death of revolutionary Simon Bolivar

Doctor: Arsenic helped kill revolutionary Bolivar

Obama sets new approach toward Muslim world: Less talk of terrorism, ‘Islamic radicalism’