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The global number of swine flu deaths has jumped by more than 1000 in a week, latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) show.

GENEVA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Tamiflu resistance in some H1N1 patients with badly weakened immune systems does not seem to reflect a major change in the virus' susceptibility to the frontline drug, the World Health Organisation said ...

A handful of Democratic senators are pushing to change pending health-care legislation so that it would help increase the country's stock of primary-care doctors, heeding warnings that the bill may exacerbate the difficulty some ...

Susan Adler was 42 years old when she found a lump in her breast. The road that followed was a series of chemotherapy, radiation and surgeries until the Cranston resident emerged a cancer survivor three years ago.

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foundation for Prevention of STD and AIDS celebrated its 20th anniversary Friday in Beijing. The foundation raised fund of about 10 million yuan (1.46 million US dollars) on the ceremony for STD (sexually ...

A joint report released by the United Nations and the World Health Organization Tuesday shows a 17 percent drop in new HIV infections just in the past eight years and a 10 percent drop in ...

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- People can "hear" not only with their ears, but also with their skin, new research shows.

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- As H1N1 cases are rising, so are bacterial pneumonia cases, health officials are finding. They're seeing an increase in flu complications leading to pneumonia.

Some neurologists have reacted with scepticism to news that a Belgian man who was diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years is in fact completely conscious but utterly paralysed, known as a 'locked-in' state.

Members also signal that they may cap dispensaries to between 70 and 200. The council plows through 50 proposed changes to its medical marijuana ordinance.

AP Breaking News Video BY ALEX DOTY In the spirit of the giving season, area residents and even Grand Haven city employees flocked to the Grand Haven Community Center Wednesday to donate their blood to the American Red Cross.

As they battle the holiday crowds this weekend, frazzled travelers at Chicago airports also will have the option of stopping to get protection against the swine flu virus.

NL chief medical officer Dr. Simon Avis says the province has seen fewer H1N1 deaths than expected because people are protecting themselves from the virus.

Having recently been reminded by the state to adhere to guidelines for vaccine prioritization, the Board of Health will hold an appointment-only swine flu clinic Dec. 5 for town children ages 3 to 18.

MADISON - With the holidays arriving, the Colonial Crossroads Chapter of the American Red Cross has gift items that can be appreciated by anyone.

RALEIGH, NC - State lawmakers and attorneys are scrutinizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for its attempt to influence the national health care debate through direct mail and possibly illegal automated phone calls.

Searches for the bird, not the country, experience a massive jump around Thanksgiving and a smaller one around Christmas. By Mark Milian Sorry, Istanbul, we're looking for the bird.

One was a middle-aged man who refused to get into the shower. The other was a teenager who was afraid to get out. Karen Quintal, with a Leksell frame screwed into her skull before surgery for a tumor.

That sounds like something my mother would say if we kids so much as frowned upon opening the clothes we needed instead of the toys we wanted on Christmas morning.