The World Health Organisation unveiled Tuesday landmark new measures to counter the misuse of anti-malaria drugs, which is threatening attempts to stifle some 250 million cases a year of the disease. The UN health agency recommended that all suspected cases of the mosquito-borne disease should be tested and diagnosed before treatment is given, instead of relying simply on identifying symptoms ...

Global tobacco giant Philip Morris said Tuesday it planned to take the Norwegian state to court in an attempt to overturn a law in the Scandinavian country banning the display of cigarettes in stores. "Philip Morris Norway (PMN) will today start legal proceedings to overturn the ban on displaying tobacco products in retail stores," the company said in a statement ...

The House's No. 2 Democrat is dismissing as "absurd" former Rep. Eric Massa's claims that he was forced out by party leaders because of his opposition to health care legislation. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters Tuesday that Massa's conspiracy argument was "absolutely untrue." The former ...

President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents fear. Major anti-abortion groups such as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Right to Life Committee ...