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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.

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, following a day of torrential rains that killed at least 77 people.

There were about 17% fewer new infections worldwide in 2008, compared with 2001, but fewer than half of those infected began treatment, a World Health Organization and UNAIDS report says.

Los Angeles, CA, November 26 -- Humans hear not just with their ears but also with their skin and hair follicles, according to surprise findings of a new research.

There's little debate about screening women ages 50 to 74. So why do so many slip through the cracks? By Katherine Hobson The recent brouhaha over breast cancer screening is about recommendations—what different experts say women of different ages ...

One of the White House's biggest boasts about the health care legislation now moving through Congress is that it should reduce health care costs for both government and society.

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Canada is still investigating an unusually high rate of a side effect known as anaphylaxis from a batch of glaxosmithkline Plc's swine flu vaccine, health officials said today.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A drug commonly used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis now also shows some promise in helping patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

The number of new swine flu cases in Northern Ireland almost halved in the last week, according to the latest Department of Health figures.

A Des Moines County resident died from the H1N1 virus, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported Wednesday. An adult in Carroll County and an adult in Webster County also have died as a result of H1N1, the health department ...

BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- A Belgian man, who was thought to have been in a vegetative state but then found conscious for the past 23 years, said he got a "second birth" after doctors worked out a way for him to communicate.

Nov. 24, 2009 -- A potentially dangerous and rapidly spreading strain of the "superbug" MRSA poses a much greater public health threat than previously thought, new research shows.

A group of volunteer Santas wants the same swine flu vaccination priority as health care workers and teachers. The 200 members of "Santa America" visit sick and traumatized children during the holiday season and need to be protected against kids who ...

Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. says it is looking into building a cell-based vaccine manufacturing plant in the US to produce seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines.

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.

Pfizer has been ordered to pay a total of $103 million in punitive damages to two women who were found to have breast cancer after they used hormonal drugs, state court officials in Philadelphia said Monday.

BY GIS The British Virgin Islands were represented at a recent workshop that focused on planning for the introduction of a H1N1 vaccine.

An implant placed under the skin can instruct the immune system to attack and kill cancer cells, at least in mice, say researchers.