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HIV rates seem to be declining, according to a new study, but the best improvements seem to be in developing countries. A mother and child wait to receive treatment at the HIV clinic in Nyagasambu, Rwanda, February 14, 2008.

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions - umbrellas and face masks - as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine ...

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Raising the US government's $12.2 trillion borrowing limit tops an agenda of must-pass legislation that imperils Senate Democrats' ability to pass a health-care bill this year.

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 ...

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.

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.

It's been found that one in five type 2 diabetics are morbidly obese, or at least 100 pounds overweight. Researchers from a study conducted by Loyola University have found that in ...

A new Novartis AG vaccine plant in North Carolina is supposed to boost the US's ability to fight pandemics like the current swine-flu virus.

November 25, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Chicago's airports are helping travelers multi-task this holiday -- by offering swine flu shots.

Brooklyn, NY (AHN) - Francisco Hernandez Jr. spent 11 days last month wandering around New York's busy and complex subway system until a police officer spotted him and recognized him from a missing persons' poster.

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.

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.

Leveille says their study is the first to examine the link between chronic joint pains and falling accidents. She hopes the findings would likely prompt older people to discuss chronic pain issues with ...

A new study suggests that evidence linking heart risks to Vioxx, the Merck arthritis drug pulled from the market in 2004, was apparent in 2000, Health Day reports.

If there's any day in the year when we remember to thank people, it's Thanksgiving. We thank Mom or Grandma for the turkey, we thank Sis for the pumpkin pie, and maybe we even remember to send a thank ...

MIAMI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act. A US Senate committee revealed last year that public health insurer Medicare had paid as much as $92 million from 2000 to 2007 for medical ...