News Briefs

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are trying to help doctors spot counterfeit and unapproved drugs by raising awareness ...

By PAUL J. WEBER AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Sunday invoked comedian Joan Rivers’ death at a surgical clinic while defending ...

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonpartisan congressional agency is raising new questions about compliance with a key compromise on abortion that ...

By HANNAH DREIER CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s chronic shortages have begun to encroach on a cultural cornerstone: the boob job. Beauty-obsessed Venezuelans face a ...

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas asked a federal appeals court Friday to allow the state to immediately enforce a law requiring all ...

By Brad Broker As part of its campaign to improve access and care, the Department of Veterans Administration has announced a major recruiting plan to ...

By Alan Lyndon E-cigs are booming and more research and regulation is needed — quickly — before a new generation becomes addicted or potentially harmed, ...

The ALS Association — the national organization fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease — announced that as of Wednesday, August 20, it has received $31.5 million due ...

By Brad Broker In just the past two weeks, the Ice Bucket Challenge has raised more than $4 million, as well as priceless awareness, for amyotrophic ...

By Alan Lyndon The VA is aggressively hiring physicians and significantly increasing referrals of veterans to private docs. That’s the word from the new chief ...