WASHINGTON - WHEN the first of many loud alarms sounded on the space shuttle Columbia, the seven astronauts had about a minute to live, though they didn't know it.

The pilot, William McCool, pushed several buttons trying to right the ship as it tumbled out of control. He didn't know it was futile.

TRENTON (New Jersey) - PHARMACEUTICAL and chemical maker Bayer AG has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that drugmaker Abbott Laboratories' best-selling drug, Humira, infringes on a decade-old Bayer patent.

The German company's Bayer HealthCare LLC unit sued Abbott and two of its subsidiaries, claiming the popular biotech drug used to treat severe types of arthritis and other immune disorders infringes on the US patent that Bayer was awarded in 1997.

WASHINGTON - FEDERAL regulators said on Tuesday they have approved a new HIV test that screens for two, less common forms of the virus.

The Food and Drug Administration said the TaqScreen MPX Test is the first to simultaneously detect HIV-2 and HIV-1 Group O strains.