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Delhi denial follows claims a third of anti-malarial drugs in Uganda and Tanzania could be counterfeit or substandard India has denied claims that it has exported large quantities of counterfeit medication to Africa, after the Guardian published a front page exposé on the phenomenon. "No fake medicines have been sent from India to the continent of Africa," a spokesman for the ministry of external affairs in Delhi said. The article cited experts and NGO reports as saying that up to a third of anti-malarial drugs in Uganda and Tanzania might be fake or substandard, and the majority of them...

Prostate cancer hits one in six American men in their lifetimes, though in most cases it progresses so slowly that it would never cause problems. PSA tests can give an early warning of prostate cancer. But PSA tests also give many false alarms, prompting...

Chiara Goia for The Wall Street Rahima Sheikh's yearslong effort to beat tuberculosis left her, in the end, all but untreatable. She displays scans in the Mumbai slum she shared with her husband and daughter. By Geeta Anand This weekend's Wall...

Also: Yosemite closes part of a popular camping area amid the threat of rodent-borne hantavirus; the threat of untreatable tuberculosis appears to be rising; and cases of West Nile virus have risen 40% in the last week.

A large health-care grant unveiled Tuesday is aimed at tackling an often overlooked side effect of hospital care: the loss of dignity that afflicts particularly sick patients.

Here's what's making health news this morning: New York Probes Energy-Drink Makers (WSJ): New York's attorney general is investigating whether the multibillion-dollar energy-drink industry is deceiving consumers with misstatements about the...

Also in today's health news: Patients are grappling with the cost of a device recall, an influential U.S. pediatricians group backed circumcision, and Mitt Romney reversed course to support his own Massachusetts health law.

Also: The U.S. is heading toward one of the worst West Nile seasons since 1999; and Medicare spending growth is slowing.