On the first day of school this year, Sharon Anderson asked her ninth-grade students at Midwood High School what they would do if they had 10 years to live.

The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new standards on breast cancer screening that were recommended this week by a federally appointed task force, saying government insurance programs will continue to cover routine mammograms for women starting at age 40.

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Health officials say a North Carolina high school student's death earlier this month was the result of the swine flu.