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GAINESVILLE - World AIDS Day will be observed Tuesday to help raise awareness about the worldwide impact of HIV and AIDS. The local numbers for the disease remain high.

WASHINGTON - Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question: If Congress makes history and puts a bill on President Barack Obama's desk by Christmas, how long before the uninsured get ...

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, ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force has put forth new guidelines for screening mammogram in women ages 40-49, annually mammograms in women 50 and older and self-exams.

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

I am pleased with the progress that has been made in getting a health-care bill to the president. In watching the actions of the Congress on C-SPAN, I often times find myself shouting to the person who is speaking.

In October 1976, President Gerald Ford was one of 43 million Americans to receive a vaccine for swine flu. (Charles Tasnadi/associated Press) By David Brown As more and more people receive the H1N1 shot, an earlier vaccine is casting a mysterious ...

The workers who were laid-off between Sept. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2009, were getting COBRA subsidy which pays 65 percent of their job-based health insurance premiums for nine months.

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.

MILTON - Standard Journal employees are asking community members to roll up their sleeves and give the gift of life this holiday season.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced the deaths of two people who were infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus.

The American Red Cross Marathon County Chapter is seeking nominations by Tuesday, Dec. 1, for its Real Heroes awards to recognize individuals, groups or businesses from Lincoln, Marathon and Taylor counties.

People listen with their skin, not just their ears. Air puffs delivered to volunteers' hands or necks at critical times alter their ability, for better or worse, to hear certain speech sounds, a new study finds.

ATLANTA (November 27, 2009)—A group that's billed as the largest one-day sit-down dinner and meals-on-wheels operation in the country is feeling the impact of the struggling economy.

Marion County 10-year-old Bernard Latimore was reported missing this morning. (Marion County Sheriff's Office, Marion County Sheriff's Office / November 27, 2009) The search for a missing 10-year-old autistic boy ended in tragedy Friday when he was ...

One was a middle-aged man who refused to get into the shower. The other was a teenager who was afraid to get out. Karen Quintal, with a Leksell frame screwed into her skull before surgery for a tumor.