Posted: 11:32 PM MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Assembly has passed a bill that would require women seeking abortions to undergo a physical exam.

Updated: 6:04 PM The campaign, "Tips From Former Smokers" aims to encourage smokers to quit and prevent young people from picking up the habit by telling the stories of real people who've had devastating health effects caused by smoking.

Updated: 6:01 PM The Legislature's budget committee has approved a plan to raise premiums for some of the poorest people enrolled in the state's Medicaid programs, but it will result in fewer children losing coverage.

Updated: 3:29 PM PepsiCo Inc. announced it is changing the way it makes the caramel coloring used in its sodas, joining Coca-Cola Co. in a bid to prevent the companies' soda bottles from carrying cancer warning labels as a result of a California law.

Posted: 9:35 AM A major birth control study of nearly 10,000 women is under way in St. Louis that provides a clue about what might happen when a policy takes effect that will make contraceptives available free of charge as preventive care.

Posted: 9:51 AM The Department of Defense is awarding a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin a $1.9 million grant to study the best ways to diagnose and assess the recovery times for concussions.

Posted: 4:18 PM New research shows children with even relatively mild concussions can have persistent attention and memory problems a year later.

Posted: 2:04 PM In Wisconsin colon cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer in both men and women combined. From 2003 to 2007 only about 40 percent of invasive colon cancers in Wisconsin were diagnosed at an early stage.

Posted: 9:10 PM MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin health officials are urging residents to get a flu shot after a rise in confirmed cases of influenza.

Posted: 9:48 AM A carbonated brew guzzled on college campuses is the focus of an intense write-in campaign urging federal regulators to take some buzz out of a sweet alcoholic drink sometimes referred to as "blackout in a can."

Updated: 12:38 PM The Senate has defeated a Republican effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage.

Updated: 6:32 PM A plan to bring a medical school to Wausau has run into a roadblock now that Aspirus Hospital has backed out on the project. But those in charge of the medical school say Wausau is still one of their first choices to build.

Updated: 10:22 AM Research is under way to determine why minority children are more likely to receive diagnoses for autism later than white children.

Posted: 10:54 AM Tattoos have long served as fashion statements, and now some Americans are relying on them to warn first responders about important medical conditions.

Posted: 2:43 PM Drugmaker Glenmark Generics says it is recalling seven lots of birth control pills because in some packages, the pills were in the wrong order.

Posted: 10:46 AM The Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Wisconsin will present a free program on memory-related conditions February 23 from 1-2 p.m. The program will be in the lower level conference room of the Aspirus Clinics building located on the south end of the Aspirus Wausau Hospital Campus.

Updated: 4:16 PM Wisconsin lawmakers have moved just short of passing a bill that would further mandate how a physician determines if a woman is being pressured to have an abortion.

Posted: 2:31 PM A case of Whooping Cough has been confirmed at Shawano High School. So far, only one case has been reported.

Updated: 8:07 AM The Food and Drug Administration is not supporting the makers of the inhalable caffeine product - AeroShot. They have issued a warning letter to the makers saying they have questions about its safety and concerns about how children and adolescents may use it.

Posted: 9:50 AM Medical reports say transgender teens and even younger kids are getting sex-changing treatment at some U.S. clinics. The numbers are small but on the rise.

Posted: 9:44 AM The federal government has rejected Wisconsin's request to phase in a requirement that health insurers spent 80 cents of every dollar in premiums on medical care. It's one of the provisions of the Obama administration's health care reform.

Posted: 10:27 AM With absentee rates as high as 33 percent, a northwestern Wisconsin school district decided to cancel classes Thursday and give students five days to recover from whooping cough and other illnesses.

Posted: 8:17 PM Newborn baby becomes the smallest-ever recipient of a pacemaker. Operation performed by doctors at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

Updated: 10:05 AM A company with three manufacturing plants in southern Minnesota wants a change in state law in order to shield itself from future asbestos claims.

Posted: 4:28 PM County officials in central and northern Wisconsin say they are experiencing a shortage of psychiatrists -- particularly psychiatrists who serve children.