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The authorities in Saudi Arabia have warned people not to stage protests at the Hajj, as more than 2.5 million Muslims prepare for the pilgrimage.

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?

Worries that widespread screening for breast and cervical cancers can yield limited benefit and lead to unnecessary harm prompted decisions this week by two medical organizations to recommend less preventive testing.

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.

No matter how much yogurt we eat or kambucha we drink, no matter how much we hear about how bacteria can be beneficial to us, it still can seem creepy that there are up to 1000 species of bacteria and fungi lounging around on our skin at any given ...

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, along with many other congregations from greater Daytona Beach, will host a pre-Thanksgiving dinner today at 7 pm at 201 University Blvd.

Cincinatti, OH (AHN) - Children prenatally exposed to tobacco smoke and lead are at a significant risk of developing attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to a recent study.

A tie vote of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents Friday defeated -- for now -- a campaign to impose new limits on stem cell research at the system.

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the most sweeping anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years, prohibits employers from hiring or firing based on a person's genetic makeup.

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 ...

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.

Tucked into the last hundred pages of Sen. Harry Reid's proposed health care bill is a 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery that has doctors from various specialties wondering if they will soon become tax collectors who must also interpret the tax code.

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 ...