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SHANGHAI, CHINA (AP) - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said ...

AS the health care debate enters its decisive stage, liberals in Congress should be ready to trade the public option for provisions that will actually make the reforms succeed.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - By 2034, nearly twice as many Americans will have diabetes and spending on the disease will triple, further straining the US health system and testing the viability of Medicare and other government health ...

Am I the only one feeling a tad insulted by the reasoning behind the new guidelines for breast cancer screening? I know, I know, the study was supposed to be a dispassionate, ...

CORDELE - When the Red Cross bloodmobile visits here next week, staff will be asking volunteer donors, “why do you give?” Cordele's monthly blood drive is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 1 to 6 pm at the Community Clubhouse.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A boil water notice is in effect for the City of Portland west of the Willamette River and customers of Palatine Hill, Burlington and Valley View water districts.

The holiday season can mean a prime time for travel. With the large crowds and jammed flights comes heightened concerns of travelers contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus.

Special circumstances: “Ms. M's” daughter will be having surgery in December. “Ms. M” won't be able to work until her daughter recovers from surgery.

Agriflu will be administered as a single injection in the upper arm and is available in prefilled syringes, the FDA says. (CNN) -- The US Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has approved a new vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza.

By Karamagi Rujumba, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A group of about 60 protestors assembled this afternoon at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Grant Street, Downtown, in front of the US Steel Tower to voice their anger about the University of Pittsburgh ...

A deluge of uninsured patients may swamp the health care system in the wake of the end of federally subsidized benefits for the uninsured.

Mt. Pleasant #2 Missionary Baptist Church, 490 Stone Road, Pinson, will hold appreciation services for Pastor Jimmy L. Godwin at 11 am and 2 pm Sunday.

Mary Jane Abbott stands in front of what will be the new non-smoking section at Mary Jane's restaurant on Kemper Street. Abbott says she knows her customers, which prompted her to take the necessary steps to keep a smoking area in her restaurant.

Be sure to get in a little Turkey Trotting over the holiday weekend. As we start the Holiday Eating Season, you will want to move more to keep from packing on the pounds.

Authorities in Lawrence County have been looking for a missing woman for more than a day. Florence Tkach, 79, of Aberdeen, Ohio, walked away from a family Thanksgiving gathering on Wednesday night on ...

COLUMBIA - State officials urge Missourians to make sure their furnaces are working properly and not releasing carbon monoxide into their homes.