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Life-saving face transplant performed in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Doctors in Poland say they have performed an urgent total face transplant on a 33-year-old man whose face was torn off in an accident which also crushed his jaws.

U.S. unveils $150 million healthcare enrollment initiative
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Thursday it is making $150 million available to community health centers to enroll uninsured Americans in healthcare coverage under President Barack Obama's reform law. The new funds woul...

Lawsuit filed to block new Arkansas abortion law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Abortion rights advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to overturn the more restrictive of Arkansas' two new abortion laws, saying its near-ban of abortions beginning in the 12th week of pregnancy is unconstituti...

Plea deal sought by U.S. soldier accused in Iraq killings: lawyer
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier charged with killing five fellow servicemen in 2009 at a military counseling center in Iraq is seeking a plea deal with Army prosecutors that would spare him from facing the death penalty, his lawyer told Reuters...

FDA staff concerned about safety of Endo's testosterone injection
(Reuters) - Reviewers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said safety data on Endo Health Solutions Inc's twice-rejected testosterone injection Aveed was "concerning" and showed that the therapy was associated with severe and i...

FDA finds safety issues at specialty pharmacies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a recent outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated drugs.

FDA advisory panel to reconsider Avandia safety
By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - A federal health advisory panel in June will reconsider safety data on GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Avandia diabetes drug, although the British drugmaker on Friday said it has not sought permission to make the nearly d...

Judge blocks New York City large-soda ban, Mayor Bloomberg vows fight
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg vowed on Monday to appeal a judge's ruling that struck down his pioneering ban on large sugary drinks sold by the city's restaurants, movie theaters and other food ser...

Venezuela's Capriles will run for president in April: sources
CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition leader Henrique Capriles has decided to run for president in Venezuela's April election and will formally announce the decision later on Sunday, two sources in his camp said. "There's a lot of negativity...

FDA rejects Dynavax's adult hepatitis B vaccine on safety concerns
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators denied approval for Dynavax Technologies Inc's adult hepatitis B vaccine pending additional data to evaluate its safety, potentially delaying the U.S. market entry of the company's first promising product...