Drug

New push for most in US to get at least 1 HIV test

By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks. Americans ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at least once - not just people considered at high risk for the virus, an independent panel that sets

SPD On Marijuana Law: No Change For Now

SPOKANE, Wash. - The first provisions of Initiative 502, the measure legalizing marijuana for recreational use at the state level, will go into place Dec. 6, pending election certification later this month. On that date, up to one ounce of marijuana will be decriminalized. A public safety

Senate questions pharmacy boards after outbreak

By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate committee investigating the deadly outbreak of meningitis wants to know how regulators in all 50 states oversee specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered the illness. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and

NJ drug company execs charged with insider trading

By DAVID PORTERAssociated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Executives at two leading drug companies were among six people arrested Monday and charged with insider trading in what federal prosecutors said was a five-year-long scheme that netted more than $1 million. Among those charged were 42-year-old