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Mecca - A 17-year-old Nigerian girl and three other pilgrims died of swine flu soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia, Saudi health officials said yesterday while announcing the first deaths from swine flu in this year's hajj.

The following are reader-submitted H1N1 questions with answers supplied by Dr. Alissa Ackelson, infectious diseases director of Infection Control, Genesis healthcare System Q: Does UV light kill the H1N1 virus?

By Madison Park, CNN Two guidelines have been issued to reduce screening for breast and cervical cancer this week. (CNN) -- It's been a confusing week for women.

PORTLAND, Ore. - At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" - a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated marijuana.

By Sang Tan, AP By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY The momentum of the H1N1 flu outbreak has fallen off, but flu activity is still high and Tamiflu-resistant virus may have begun to spread.

The current wave of swine flu may have peaked in most of the US, but the illness remains widespread and the threat of another wave remains, officials said Friday.

President Obama's vision for making health care in America more effective and efficient collided for the first time last week with the realities and peculiarities of the nation's health-care system.

More Money news » From The Post and AP A US program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customer who places a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers.

Several churches and organizations in the Tri-State area are holding free community Thanksgiving dinners. The Salvation Army is hosting a free Thanksgiving dinner at The Salvation Army church at 541 George St. in Hagerstown's West End.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents cast a tie vote on human embryonic stem cell research on Friday, defeating a rare effort to limit such research at a university system beyond what state and federal laws allow.

A five alarm fire rips thru an apartment building in Northeast Philadelphia, injuring 19 people, and 3 firefighters. The fire began in the early morning hours, at the Austin Manor Apartments at 7024 Rising Sun Avenue, trapping many residents in their ...

BY PEGGY O'FARRELL • Cincinnati.com • November 23, 2009 Exposure to both tobacco smoke before birth and lead during childhood increases a child's risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) more than eight-fold, according to new ...

The necklaces spilling out of plastic bags looked like Mardi Gras beads, but a color-coded chart told a different, less festive story.

Stefanie Spielman, the wife of former NFL linebacker Chris Spielman, is being remembered this weekend by the football community as a woman who fiercely battled breast cancer until her death Thursday at the age of 42.

The Fayette County Health Department will be giving out free H1N1 vaccinations at two locations in Lexington. The first clinic will be at the Lexington Christian Academy.

Hand-washing is one of the most important steps you can take to try to keep from getting H1N1, experts agree. (CBS) (CBS) Every holiday season, millions of Americans travel through the nation's airports, seaports, and train stations to spend time with ...

WASHINGTON - If you're considering Botox to erase frown lines or liposuction to get rid of love handles, you might want to move fast.

Thursday's natural gas explosion in Springfield left at least three families without homes just days before Thanksgiving. The American Red Cross Greater Ozarks Chapter is encouraging the local community to assist the families by donating money to help ...