·Health Minister Chen Zhu was in Cancun, Mexico, for the first global meeting on A/H1N1 flu virus. ·Chen voiced his confidence to tackle a possible next wave of flu outbreak in autumn and winter.

A Sacramento nonprofit has launched a Web site with a comprehensive listing of free or low-cost health care services for consumers.

MANSFIELD -- Ohio adults are the 10th fattest in the nation and the state is spending about $3.3 billion a year dealing with related health problems, according to a report released this week by a national health care foundation.

WASHINGTON - To warm words from President Obama, the Democratic leaders of the Senate health committee unveiled a revised plan Thursday to provide health coverage to nearly all Americans.

WASHINGTON - Federal drug regulators warned Wednesday that patients taking two popular drugs to stop smoking should be watched closely for signs of serious mental illness, as reports mount of suicides among the drugs' ...

DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- A former hospital employee may have exposed hundreds, or even thousands, of surgical patients to hepatitis C after taking their fentanyl injections and replacing them with used syringes filled with saline ...

TORONTO (DOW JONES)--Loblaw Cos. (LT) has recalled two dozen of its President's Choice-branded beef products due to possible E. coli contamination.

The time is long overdue to change the fireworks laws in New York to provide for sensible and regulated use of all consumer fireworks.

PROVIDENCE - A strain of the fungus that caused the Irish potato famine of the 1840s is on the loose in Rhode Island and is damaging potato and tomato crops.

This intriguing blog post by Michael Cannon, the libertarian Cato Institute's resident healthcare guy, got me thinking more about the news Tuesday that Wal-Mart supports a federal mandate that most employers provide health insurance.

Aqua Leisure inflatable baby floats are being pulled because they can cause a drowning hazard. The leg straps in the seat of the float can tear causing children to drop into the water and possibly drown.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling oatmeal that contains instant nonfat dry milk that may be contaminated with salmonella.

July 2, 2009 -- Sunscreens are improving, but three of five brand-name products either don't protect the skin from sun damage sufficiently, contain hazardous chemicals, or both, according to a report by the watchdog organization ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Since its opening last week, camp counselors at New Jersey's Liberty Lake Day Camp disinfect door knobs, take the temperatures of children as they arrive and remind the campers not to share canned sodas.

THURSDAY, July 2 (healthday News) -- Multaq (dronedarone) tablets have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to promote a normal heart rhythm in people with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter.

Skin cancer rates for younger Canadians are climbing, however the number of dermatologists available is set to decline over the next several years.

July 1, 2009 -- Celiac disease -- the digestive disorder treated by banning wheat and other grains containing gluten from the diet -- is four times more common in the US today than it was 50 years ago, a study shows.

Discovery Laboratories said late Wednesday that its lead drug candidate, a treatment for respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants called Surfaxin, faces “a significant hurdle for approval.

The Independence Day weekend will encourage an increase of vessel traffic on the water. The US Coast Guard reminds boaters to follow safe boating practices.