New government data show drug-related deaths are outnumbering deaths from motor vehicle crashes in a growing number
of states.

The government’s first study of how well rapid tests diagnose swine flu finds they’re wrong at least half the
time.

  For months I’ve kept a yellow container of Clorox Disinfecting Wipes on my desk in the newsroom.

    The label says the product “kills flu virus,“ specifically Influenza A2.

    I’m not sure if it kills swine influenza A (H1N1), but it’s the best defense I have tonight.

    I seldom use the wipes, but in light of the swine flu outbreak, I decided it was time to sanitize my telephone, computer keyboard and desk surface.

    I opened the container of wipes.

    From a container of 35, only one wipe was left.

The number of young people who had a food or digestive allergy increased 18 percent between 1997 and 2007, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.