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By DONALD G. mcneil Jr. New swine flu infections continue to drop across the United States, confirmation that the pandemic's fall wave has peaked, according to figures posted online Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Congressional Budget Office late Monday said it estimates that the federal stimulus package sustained between 600000 and 1.6 million jobs in the third quarter, and raised gross domestic product by 1.2 to 3.2 percentage points ...

NEW YORK - CVS Caremark Corp., the operator of more than 7000 US drugstores, was accused by Connecticut of selling expired products, less than a month after the company settled a similar suit with New York.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A special, intensive early intervention program for toddlers with autism succeeded in boosting IQ along with children's language and social skills, a new study shows.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (healthday News) -- The two health reform bills moving through the US Congress differ in a number of ways but achieve the same goal: a dramatic reduction in the number of uninsured Americans.

PROVIDENCE - In his first press conference since Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of the Catholic Diocese of Providence criticized him for disclosing a confidential request to stop receiving Holy Communion because of his stand on moral issues, ...

The bad news from a new study is that two thirds of store-bought chicken was found to be contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria.

RIYADH: A climate change expert has cautioned Saudis and residents to be vigilant against flash floods, saying that more heavy downpours, cold spells, heat waves and drought are expected because of changes in climatic conditions.

Six community hospitals, squeezed by the economic downturn and the Massachusetts budget crunch, are set to file a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court this morning seeking millions of dollars from the state for unpaid health care ...

For young women who have a high risk of breast cancer because of genetic mutations or family history, the radiation from yearly mammograms may make the risk even higher, researchers reported at a radiology conference on Monday.

CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Every year, many patients undergo unnecessary computed tomography (CT) scans that are not indicated, exposing them to more radiation than is necessary, according to new research presented here at the annual ...

Dallas-based Market Center Management Co. (MCMC) will build a $250 million medical mart in downtown Nashville on the site of the current Nashville Convention Center, it announced yesterday.

Seniors have until the end of the year to switch Medicare drug plans to get a better deal. But many will pass up the chance to save hundreds of dollars a year in prescription costs.

Though California students continue to show slight improvement on physical fitness tests, they're still lagging well behind state goals, according to a report released Monday.

Women across the USA have been shocked and angered by new advice to get fewer mammograms. Yet experts have been debating the risks of mammograms and other cancer screenings for more than a decade.

Most patients with high blood pressure have a hard time keeping it under control, and a new study suggests they may get better results if a team of a physician and a pharmacist manage their care.

CORPUS CHRISTI - A man is shocked by animal control officers entering his neighbor's property to snare her pets, and a state rule about chaining pets will soon be enforced.