More people die from polluted water every year than from all forms of violence, including war, the U.N. said in a report Monday that highlights the need for clean drinking water.
The report, launched Monday to coincide with World Water Day, said an estimated 2 billion tons of waste water – including fertilizer run-off, sewage [...]

U.S. health officials told pediatricians Monday to temporarily quit using one of two vaccines against a leading cause of diarrhea in babies, after discovering that doses of GlaxoSmithKline’s Rotarix were contaminated with bits of an apparently benign pig virus.
Glaxo’s vaccine has been used in millions of children worldwide, including 1 million in the U.S., [...]

PepsiCo Inc. plans to cut the sodium found in each serving of its key brands by one-fourth in five years, the company announced Monday, as the industry deals with pressure from the government and health-conscious shoppers who want more options.
The maker of Frito-Lay chips and Pepsi drinks announced several nutrition goals Monday at the [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening drinking water standards to impose stricter limits on four contaminants that can cause cancer.
In a speech Monday, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the agency is developing stricter regulations for four compounds (tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, acrylamide and epichlorohydrin). All four chemical compounds can cause cancer.
EPA Information on Drinking [...]

Eli Lilly and Co. is asking the public for help in spotting $75 million worth of stolen prescription drugs.
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker also is warning consumers to watch for tampering on products that might indicate they were stolen.
Thieves broke into the company’s Enfield warehouse early Sunday. They scaled an exterior wall, cut through the [...]

An American doctor accused of repeatedly botching operations and performing surgeries he was not capable of handling pleaded not guilty in an Australian court Monday to three manslaughter charges and one of grievous bodily harm.
Prosecutors say Indian-born surgeon Jayant Patel repeatedly performed surgeries he’d been banned from undertaking in the United States, misdiagnosed patients [...]

April showers may bring May flowers, but they also bring allergies, leaving an estimated 40 million Americans sneezing and wheezing all season.
So, what better time is there for the ultimate spring cleaning — to free your home of the pollen, dust and dirt that can make spring a season of sniffles – and kick [...]

As Democrats drill down on the final undecideds, Republicans are drilling down on anything that smells like a special deal for that special someone. Republicans have likened it to a game show.
Today, Republicans found what they think is a goody aimed at fence-sitting Democrat Harry Teague (D-N.M.) who faces a hair-splitting re-election campaign. They [...]

A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal settlement of more than a half-billion dollars for people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal to compensate 10,000 police officers, firefighters and other laborers didn’t contain enough money for the workers.
“In my judgment, this settlement is not enough,” said [...]

When the earthquake hit Haiti in January, CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton went to Port-au-Prince to treat people in need of medical help and performed numerous procedures to help people who were injured or trapped in the rubble.
One of those people was a baby pulled out after four days trapped under rubble. [...]