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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 ...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double over the next 25 years, rising from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034, according to a study by the University of Chicago.

BOTH of West Virginia's US senators voted to proceed with debate on the health care reform bill, but it's not certain that Sens.

Health-care reform that actually controls costs - rather than just pretending to do so - would be virtually impossible to achieve.

A deluge of uninsured patients may swamp the health care system in the wake of the end of federally subsidized benefits for the uninsured.

With the holidays officially here, the American Red Cross is giving you a unique opportunity to give thanks... by donating blood. The Red Cross says supplies tend to dwindle during the holidays since so many people are busy with shopping and family ...

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

The money readers donate to the Observer's Empty Stocking Fund is turned over to the Salvation Army's Christmas Bureau. The bureau is audited internally by the Salvation Army's southeastern headquarters in Atlanta and externally by a Greensboro ...

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.

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.

Thanks to the “brilliant” idea by area musician, Curt Boettcher, a group of Wasecans is holding its first ever holiday concert to benefit the Waseca County chapter of the American Red Cross.

Belgium's Rom Houben uses his touchscreen and assistance of his speech therapist Linda Wouters, left, to communicate during an interview in Zolder, Belgium, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.

AP - November 28, 2009 8:45 PM ET PORTAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland water officials say residents west of the Willamette River should boil their drinking water to guard against E. coli bacteria.

Dispatchers say Florence Tkack's body was found in the Big Sandy River at 11:40 am this morning. Lawrence County, Ky -- Harold Slone, Director of Emergency Management, says the body of Florence Tkack was found about a quarter of a mile from where Tkack ...

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.

It seems our funny neighbors to the north can't get enough of Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin talks to a young fan while at a book tour stop in Roanoke, Va.