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Simon Ndy, 11, from Garside Middle School, gets a dose of inhalable H1N1 vaccine Tuesday from medical assistant Carmen Cruz at a clinic at Martinez Elementary School.

WASHINGTON - In a day of desultory debate on sweeping health care legislation, senators appealed to two potent political constituencies on Tuesday, with Democrats seeking additional medical benefits for women and ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (healthday News) -- A new study suggests that lonely people attract fellow "lonelies" and influence others to feel lonely, too.

As the nine-month COBRA subsidy starts to expire, millions of unemployed Americans could lose their benefits. By Jessica Dickler, cnnmoney.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Low-dose radiation from mammograms and chest X-rays may increase the risk of breast cancer in young women who are already at high risk because of family history or genetic susceptibility, Dutch researchers said ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half of all patients in intensive care units around the world have infections, and more than 70 percent are being given antibiotics -- a trend that could help more drug-resistant superbugs ...

BEIJING - China's official swine flu death toll has tripled in the past two weeks after the government ordered more accurate reporting of fatalities amid suspicions of a cover-up.

SAN FRANCISCO - Biotherapeutic drug company Dyax Corp. said Tuesday it received Food and Drug Administration approval to market Kalbitor for treatment of the genetic disorder hereditary angioedema in patients 16 years and up.

Health-care forum panelists, from left, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Erin Kelly, a medical school student, and Vincent Mor, Department of Community Health chairman, listen to an opening speaker at Brown University on ...

With more than 500 city firefighters now out of work for health reasons, the Fire Department is moving to reduce staffing at 49 engine companies in the five boroughs, city officials said Tuesday.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News)—A special, intensive early intervention program for toddlers with autism succeeded in boosting IQ along with children's language and social skills, a new study shows.

Over the weekend the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced more detailed information on Diamond Pet Food's September recall of Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball.

The bad news from a new study is that two thirds of store-bought chicken was found to be contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria.

The largest hospital in Halifax is using security guards to prohibit high school students from going into the building to buy food.

Walgreens has cut its prices by nearly 20 percent and CVS by nearly 10 percent for the scarce liquid form of the prescription flu drug Tamiflu amid state investigations into potential price-gouging in the wake of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic.

Saudi Arabia has ordered an inquiry into flash floods last week that killed more than 100 people, according to the state news agency.

A recent clinical trial has revealed that bone marrow stem cells have the potential to repair damaged parts of the heart which are caused as a result of a cardiac arrest.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (healthday News) -- Two new studies in animals suggest that stem cells from transplanted human-derived umbilical cord blood could help treat some lung and heart disorders.