FDA to allow 17-year-olds to get ‘morning-after’ birth control over the counter

WASHINGTON — Women’s groups cheered the government’s decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the “morning-after” emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription, but conservatives denounced it as a blow to parental supervision of teens.

FDA to allow 17-year-olds to get ‘morning-after’ birth control over the counter

WASHINGTON — Seventeen-year-olds will be able to buy the “morning-after” emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription, a decision that conservatives denounced as a blow to parental supervision of teens but that women’s groups said represents sound science.

FDA to allow 17-year-olds to get ‘morning-after’ birth control pill over the counter

WASHINGTON — Women’s groups cheered the government’s decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the “morning-after” emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription, but conservatives denounced it as a blow to parental supervision of teens.

Salt as the new food villain: NYC presses industry to reduce sodium, save lives

NEW YORK — First, it was a ban on artery-clogging trans fats. Then calories were posted on menus. Now the New York City health department is taking on salt.

Official: FDA reversal: 17-year-olds can get ‘morning-after’ birth control over counter

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration, reversing field, will now let 17-year-olds get the ‘morning-after’ birth control pill without a doctor’s prescription, a government health official said Wednesday.

Africa’s first ladies urge education for girls, better health care for their nations

LOS ANGELES — They have seen each other socially, with their husbands in Washington or at the United Nations, but the 15 African first ladies met this time to speak candidly about problems facing women and children on their home continent.

Test of blood sample from Lincoln is sought to prove cancer theory, raising dilemma for museum

Test of Lincoln DNA sought to prove cancer theory

PHILADELPHIA — John Sotos has a theory about why Abraham Lincoln was so tall, why he appeared to have lumps on his lips and even why he had gastrointestinal problems.