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FDA Still Silent on Morning After Pill

The morning-after contraception pill known as Plan B reached a regulatory milepost Tuesday with still no word from the Food and Drug Administration whether it will be sold without a prescription.

Tuesday marked the end of 60 days of public comment sought by the agency after it delayed a final decision whether to approve over-the-counter sales despite substantial agreement among agency scientists that the pill was safe and effective

Find out the latest at the MSNBC website.

Coffee Not So Bad For Women

Here's good news for women who love coffee: Drinking it doesn't seem to cause long-term high blood pressure, a study suggests.

But for some reason, women in the same study who drank colas did seem to have a greater risk of high blood pressure. Researchers were surprised at that and cautioned that the study wasn't conclusive.

Learn more about how much you can decrease your risks at CBS News.

A Vaccine to Wipe Out Cervical Cancer

It may be another year or two before a vaccine for cervical cancer is available, but pediatricians are already expressing an interest in providing it to adolescents who are not yet sexually active. The vaccine works by preventing infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes most cases of cervical cancer.

Excitement for the vaccine has been building since researchers announced that one early version, called Gardasil, was 100 percent effective in blocking HPV infection.

Find out when this vaccine may be available, as well as previous study results at the ABC News website.

Plenty of Flu Vaccine Expected This Year

At least 70 million doses of influenza vaccine will be available for the U.S. market this year and everybody who wants a shot should be able to get one, health officials said on Monday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened flu vaccination to everyone on Monday, saying the priority groups, such as seniors, who need the vaccine first had been given plenty of time to get them.

To learn more about the current supply, as well as who should be getting immunized, read complete coverage at the CNN website.

Experts Unveil Bird Flu Plan as New Death Reported

Health experts unveiled a $1 billion plan on Wednesday to halt the spread of bird flu while Indonesia said initial tests showed the virus had killed a 16-year-old girl.

The strategy is aimed at rooting out bird flu among poultry and stopping it from spawning an influenza pandemic which could kill millions of people around the globe.

Find out specific details of the World Health Organization's new plan at the ABC News website.

Hip-Waist Ratio Best Predicts Heart Risk

Researchers reported in Friday's issue of The Lancet medical journal that a hip-to-waist ratio is a better predictor of the risk of heart attack for a variety of ethnic groups than body-mass index, the current standard.

Learn more about this new effective way of measuring heart risk from USA Today.