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A New Jersey jury has ruled in favor of drugmaker Merck in a major case testing whether the company properly warned consumers about the risks of using its painkiller drug Vioxx. The case was brought by an Idaho man who claimed his intermittent use of Vioxx caused his heart attack four years ago.

Primary election votes have been finalized and certified – and in close local races, one school board ballot was decided by just four votes.

John Luther Adams' prize-winning piece Become Ocean headlines a concert devoted to sea and sand that includes Debussy's La mer and an Edgard Varèse piece inspired by the New Mexico desert.

Last year, U.S. poison control centers got 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome amounts of the dietary supplement, a popular sleep aid. Two children have died in the past decade.

The deaths of three journalists this week in Ukraine are a reminder of the perils of covering conflicts from behind a camera. Photojournalist Marcus Yam is on assignment in Kyiv covering the war.

When the severity of patient sickness and special local expenses are taken into account, some areas marked by big Medicare outlays flip from profligate to average or even frugal, according to the calculations from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Hysterectomy are among the most common surgical procedures for women. With the advent of surgical robots, more doctors and women are opting for that approach. Does a robot, which costs more, make it better?

Parrots are known to be chatty, social animals. But when they're kept as pets, they can get lonely. A group of scientists found that video chatting with other parrots helps them feel less so.

The announcement ended speculation about whether Harry would be welcome after leveling charges of racism and media manipulation at the royal family. Meghan and their children will remain in the U.S.

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion bans around the country to take effect, some cities and states are pushing in the other direction, a new report finds.