"Next year, British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will seek marketing approval for the world's first malaria vaccine after trial data showed the shot significantly cut cases of the disease in African children."
"Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI), the largest needle exchange service in the state, has reported a "dramatic increase" in the count of people, mainly men, who are injecting anabolic steroids."
"A Texas judge wants answers from Lance Armstrong about the disgraced cyclist's use of performance-enhancing drugs.
A Nebraska-based company is seeking details from Armstrong about his doping, as well as who else had knowledge -- including Armstrong's lawyers and ex-wife -- of the PED use and at what time."
"According to an announcement by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, Gregory Flood of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Frank Petrucci, of Warwick, N.Y., athletes in the sport of rowing, have both tested positive for a prohibited substance and have accepted a public warning and a loss of results because of the presence of a prohibited substance in their urine samples."
"Travis Tygart, the chief executive of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, has remarked there is tremendous pressure on athletes and business leaders to do whatever it takes to win, including cheating."
"And many of those that do come back positive are for recreational drugs with negligible performance-enhancing effects, like cannabis.
There are some in the anti-doping industry - and it is now an industry - who wonder why, if the point is to stop cheats, we bother testing for drugs that are deemed not to enhance performance.
And when it costs £65,000 for each positive, there are those who wonder why we bother testing for drugs at all."
"Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson has remarked that drugs are a concern across the board, not just in sports. The sprinter was disqualified from the Seoul Olympics after he failed to clear a drug test after his gold medal win in the 100 meters."
"Former cyclist Erik Zabel has met with the German National Anti-Doping Agency to announce his interest to take the fight against doping to a new level. His cooperation was hailed by NADA that remarked Jan Ullrich has refused to meet with them."
"The Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) will now hand over to the country's anti-doping disciplinary panel to discuss when hearings for the athletes - which also includes Powell's team-mate Sherone Simpson - will take place."
"British distance running star Mo Farah has rejected suspicions that his startling form is down to drugs, saying that it was solely hard work that got him atop the podiums at the London Olympics and Moscow world chamionships."
"The Manasquan Board of Education has voted to suspend the tests and investigate the school's random drug-testing policy after parents of high school students made allegations of violations."
"The Australian Football League (AFL) has fined the Footscray Football Club, currently known as the Western Bulldogs, for breaching the player movement rules of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority during its recent training camp in the United States."
"Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, the 2012 Tour of Britain winner, faces disciplinary proceedings after analysis of his biological passport showed an anti-doping violation."
"Olympic discus thrower Allison Randall became the third athlete to confirm a positive drugs test from the Jamaican trials in June following recent revelations by sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson."
"The sporting world's latest doping bombshell landed last weekend, as sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson of Jamaica and American Tyson Gay all tested positive for banned drugs. It was a jarring blow to track and field, tarnishing two of the four fastest men ever to run the 100-metre dash and a woman with three Olympic medals."
"Team Sky has released his performance data from six races, including this Tour. The team of Tour de France leader Chris Froome did this to dispel suspicions of doping."
"Banned 400m runner Dominique Blake is all set to challenge her suspension of six years that was imposed by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel which resulted from a positive test for methylhexanamine at last year's Olympic Trials."