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WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The United States, which is preparing to lift a ban on visits by foreigners infected with HIV, will host a global AIDS conference in 2012 as a sign of redoubled US commitment to fight the pandemic, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate began work on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Monday, with senators on both sides pouncing on the findings in a nonpartisan budget report on insurance premiums to bolster their ...

Nov. 30, 2009 -- A new, home-based program for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that combines behavioral change techniques in a playful environment boosted the children's IQ, language ability, and social interaction ...

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 - Saudi King Abdullah on Monday ordered an inquiry into the catastrophic flash flood in Jeddah last week that killed at least 106 people and sparked a rare burst of public outrage.

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.

A worker at a cannabis dispensary packages medicinal marijuana in this file photo. As states loosen their medical marijuana laws, institutions are looking to educate potential caregivers about how to enter the cannabis industry the ...

PROVIDENCE, RI - Rep. Patrick Kennedy says all people deserve health care because they are "children of God" in his first public appearance since escalating a public feud with Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop over abortion and health care.

Cosmetic surgeons performing breast implants, tummy tucks and dermal fillers have come across an unfamiliar foe. And it's not fat, wrinkles or shapeless figures.

CVS Caremark Corp., which arrived in California last year when it bought Longs Drug Stores for $2.5 billion, has been sued by the Connecticut attorney general for allegedly selling expired products.

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 ...

AP Business By ERICA WERNER AP writer WASHINGTON (AP) - An auto parts employee laid off from his job last year has been able to hang onto his health insurance because the federal government has picked up most of the tab.

"If the title alone doesn't get you, the images and stories will. Here are animals and humans, bonded together through the hardest of circumstances.

(NECN: Ally Donnelly, Wakefield, Mass.) - Many students and their parents are taking antibiotics as a precaution after a bacterial meningitis scare at a Massachusetts school.

With more than 23 million Americans already diagnosed with diabetes, the number of individuals affected by the condition in the US is expected to double over the next 25 years, according to new research.