News bites: Little consequence for breaking Mass. individual mandate, and more

Few residents of Massachusetts are made to pay the penalty for not buying health insurance under the state's individual mandate, The Associated Press reports.

If the Supreme Court upholds the 2010 health law, states will struggle to meet implementation deadlines, according to Kaiser Health News.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke to women in the key swing state of Virginia Tuesday about benefits from the healthcare law, The Associated Press reports.

A decision on whether a World Trade Center survivor health fund can pay for cancer has been delayed by several days, The New York Times reports.

A heckler shouting about abortion interrupted an unrelated speech by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on the Senate floor Tuesday. The Washington Post has the video.

The life expectancy gap between blacks and white in the United States is narrowing, according to a new study reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Drug-resistant strains of gonorrhea have spread around the world, the World Health Organization says. Read more from Reuters.