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(11-29) 04:00 PST Washington - -- As Congress struggles to reform US health care, critics point to Canada and Britain as the poster children of what could happen here with a "government takeover" of health coverage.

Kathleen Pratt was 17, just out of high school and focused on the future when she was infected with HIV. She didn't know for a decade.

Boston (DbTechNo) - Doctors across the country are scratching their heads after the US Preventive Services Task Force released new recommendations related to breast cancer and mammograms.

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, ...

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 ...

Every holiday season, millions of Americans travel through the nation's airports, seaports, and train stations to spend time with loved ones.

(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.

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.

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.

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

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.

When Paul Carroll lost his job in January, he and his wife, Kate, had a difficult, expensive choice: Do they keep their health insurance through his former employer, even though it would mean bearing the full cost of ...

An anti-smoking law will go into effect Tuesday that will ban smoking in a majority of the state's restaurants. Although many local dining establishments already voluntarily made their ...

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.