Fungal Meningitis Prompts Fear Among Steroid-Injection Patients
Jared Wickerham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Jim McGuire is unlikely to forget waiting in a hospital bed for the results of his spinal tap, as a doctor walked into the room across the hall and told a stranger he’d met earlier in the day that she had teste…
Meningitis Outbreak Toll Rises Amid New Questions on Oversight
Jared Wickerham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As the death toll climbs to 12 in the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak, calls for FDA oversight of the contaminated drugs that caused the outbreak continue to stack up from congressmen, doctors and think…
Roger Clemens Emotional After Prosecutors Strike Out
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — After a federal jury cleared him Monday of all counts, Roger Clemens, the legendary pitcher known for his toughness, broke down.”For all you media guys that have followed my career, I put a lot of hard wor…
Lance Armstrong Slapped with Fresh Doping Charges
Morne de Klerk/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former cyclist Lance Armstrong has been banned from competing in triathlons and could be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency brought formal doping charges against him,…
Clemens Trial: McNamee Explains Why He Saved Evidence
Brian McNamee (L) leaves after testifying in the perjury and obstruction trial of Clemens on May 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Why did the government’s key witness in the perjury case against former pitc…
Former Trainer: Roger Clemens Wanted Help with "Booty Shot"
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In a halting voice, the prosecution’s key witness against former baseball star Roger Clemens recounted for jurors how he injected his now-former friend with steroids for the first time in the spring …
Roger Clemens’ Trainer to Testify at Former Pitcher’s Trial
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The government’s key witness in its trial against former major league pitcher Roger Clemens, who’s accused of lying to Congress about his use of performance enhancing drugs, will testify Monday in a Washin…
Clemens’ Defense Dismisses Key Prosecution Witness Testimony
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The lawyer for Roger Clemens ripped into the evidence against him today as a “hodgepodge of garbage” and said key prosecution witness Brian NcNamee was a liar.Clemens’ lawyer Rusty Har…
Roger Clemens Jury Pool Asked About Steroids and Baseball
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The judge in the retrial of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens Monday walked potential jurors through a list of 86 questions that they were required to respond to, ranging from their interest i…