HEALTH

Report: Vaccines generally safe, some side effects

WASHINGTON - Vaccines can cause certain side effects but serious ones appear very rare - and there's no link with autism and type 1 diabetes, the Institute of Medicine says in the first comprehensive safety review in 17 years. More »

Panel reveals new details of 1940's experiment

ATLANTA - A presidential panel on Monday disclosed shocking new details of U.S. medical experiments done in Guatemala in the 1940s, including a decision to re-infect a dying woman in a syphilis study. More »