Washington court will hear autism-vaccine suits
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A special court that will pit scientists against activists in the debate over whether vaccines have caused autism in many children begins hearings on Monday with the first test case, involving a 12-year-old Arizona girl.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is about to plunge into an agenda laden with issues affecting the business sector. Tobacco companies, the biotech industry, and operators of coal-fired power plants have a stake in cases the court will hear in the next month.
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The doctor who first suggested MMR was linked to autism paid children for blood samples, a hearing is told.
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For more than a decade, families across the country have been warring with the medical establishment over their claims that routine childhood vaccines are responsible for the nation's apparent epidemic of autism. In an extraordinary proceeding that begins tomorrow, the battle will move from the i...
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As the debate over autism's cause continues, the CDC raises its estimate of how many children are affected.
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The country's leading pediatricians group is making its strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism twice by age 2, warning of symptoms such as babies who don't babble at 9 months and 1-year-olds who don't point to toys.
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Description: Congress will hold hearings to determine how the nation wound up facing a shortage of influenza vaccine. About 40 million doses -- roughly half the anticipated US supply -- were impounded in Great
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The doctor who first suggested a link between the MMR vaccine and autism will face charges of serious professional misconduct.
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The case of a jet-setting tuberculosis patient might soon shift from the hospital wards to the courts. The patient, Andrew Speaker, an Atlanta personal injury attorney, could sue the federal government for being quarantined on the basis of federal regulations that some scholars see as unconstitutional.
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By Julius A. Karash, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 20--A recent ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court could open up health providers to a wider range of lawsuits.
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The US Supreme Court is to hear a challenge to lethal injections that has halted executions for months.
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When can workers sue against acts of retaliation by employers? Two cases slated for hearing this week may help clarify.
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With flu vaccine shortages, some companies administering the vaccine are selling it at exorbitant prices. Two such cases from Grant and Pierce counties have been filed with the Washington State Attorney General&#39;s office.
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A class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday in King County Superior Court on behalf of people who have used the anti-arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Washington state&#39;s highest court has agreed to review a key issue in a contentious lawsuit that could determine whether Seattle continues to have two daily newspapers.
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By MARK SHERMAN  WASHINGTON - Jeff and Sandee Winkelman don't have the money to pay for private schooling for their autistic son, let alone hire a lawyer to sue their public school district.
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TORONTO -- Lawyers representing the parents of seven autistic children are launching a lawsuit today to force the Ontario government to fund the children&#39;s treatment.