DULUTH, Minn., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A Minnesota health system, trying to block drug companies from possibly influencing doctors, has tossed nearly all giveaways with a drug company reference.

MERRIMACK, N.H., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A rose is a rose unless it's a prop in a New Hampshire high school senior's yearbook photo; then it may be a reason to ban the photo.

WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- The unnamed U.S. congressman who allegedly helped Rep. William Jefferson by writing a letter to a corporate executive is former Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The healthcare industry is pre-emptively attacking Michael Moore's 2007 documentary "Sicko."

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Some 1 million U.S. adults who last year relied on pharmaceutical firms' prescription drug giveaways may have to pay about $3,600 under the new drug program.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The cost of U.S. prescription drugs widely used by the elderly rose at twice the rate of other drugs for a third year, a report published Tuesday said.

NEW YORK, July 22 (UPI) -- The pharmaceutical industry, in a move toward self-policing, has proposed limits on drug advertising.

CHICAGO, July 19 (UPI) -- A coalition of five U.S. state governments have added Australia and New Zealand as offshore drug suppliers, joining Canada, Britain and Ireland.

WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- A survey released Wednesday indicates many university medical schools permit the pharmaceutical industry to influence what gets published from industry-sponsored drug studies.