This is the new formula for methamphetamine: a two-liter soda bottle, a few handfuls of cold pills and some chemicals. Shake the bottle and the reaction produces one of the world's most addictive drugs.
Government health officials are mobilizing to launch a massive swine flu vaccination campaign this fall that is unprecedented in its scope — and in the potential for complications.
Critics of the Cash for Clunkers program view the $3 billion program as an example of the Obama administration willingness to cherry-pick winners and stick taxpayers with the tab.
Federal prosecutors charged a man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the U.S., accusing the one-time informant of trying to gain access to 130 million accounts.
The president pitches health care overhaul in the Mountain West, a region traditionally wary of the federal government, fielding polite but tough questioning of his efforts.
Officials nationwide are sitting on millions in stimulus money targeted for weatherization, worried about running afoul of arcane federal rules governing how much workers should be paid.
Congress has passed a $2 billion extension of the popular “cash for clunkers” program, clearing the legislation for President Barack Obama’s signature.
The “cash for clunkers” program, offering $4,500 rebates to customers who trade in gas guzzling vehicles, is likely to end Friday if the Senate does not approve $2 billion more for it.
Outbreaks of the H1N1 flu among children attending U.S. summer camps presage a surge in cases this fall as students return to school, an official at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.
States desperate to save money are cutting back on the massive expense of running prisons — eliminating guards, trimming drug treatment and parole programs and, in two states, releasing inmates early.
