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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.

Cases of diabetes will soar and the cost of treating the disease will triple, according to a new report. (CNN) -- The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, ...

WASHINGTON, DC --Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is calling for a hearing to look into how the US Preventive Services Task Force developed recommendations calling for pushing back the age and frequency at which women get screened for breast cancer.

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.

AP The protesters held signs and distributed fliers Friday outside the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's headquarters downtown.

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.

Starting on Tuesday, smoking will only be permitted in restaurants that have rooms with separate ventilation systems. About 70 percent of Virginia restaurants and bars are now voluntarily smoke free, including Sullivan's Bar and Grille in the Fan.

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.