The U.S. government is forced to discard $12 million worth of stockpiled anthrax vaccine after it reached its expiration date, a government report said.

The report also said such losses could total more than $100 million annually beginning next year if two federal agencies, the departments of Defense and Health and Human Services (HSS) cannot agree to coordinate the use of BioThrax, the vaccine for the deadly anthrax bacterial disease

A report by the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) has recommended the federal government concentrate more on rehabilitation programs and less on jail time for minor drug offenders. The report found jail was a "revolving door" which often led to people re-offending while treatment programs save police and court time.

Chairman Dr John Herron told the ABC the cost of keeping someone in jail was $73,000 AUD ($60,000 USD) compared to $30,000 AUD ($25,000 USD) for diversionary programs

Keeping pace with the newest trend of eating their own placenta after the child birth, a judge has ordered a southern Nevada hospital to return the organ to a mother who sued the hospital for attaining it.

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center has been granted a granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday Clark County District Court Judge Susan Johnson to return the placenta to Anne Swanson

A new study finds that the U.S. trend of fertility clinics is to overuse an unwarranted fertility procedure, even in cases in which this method is not the best option for the couples.

The costly laboratory technique for infertile couples trying to have a baby is causing some insurance companies and individuals a lot more money to be wasted on the procedure with apparently little hope for success

Lawyers representing approximately 10,000 afflicted ground zero workers filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the company set up by Congress in the wake of 9/11 to oversee a $1 billion insurance fund.

The suit was filed against WTC Captive Insurance Company, Mayor Bloomberg and others for "the continued waste and misuse of the billion dollar fund allocated by Congress to pay for the workers' medical monitoring, medical treatment and compensation