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Did you stop to think that the idea was not to induce panic, but to get the word out so that people take precautions such as covering their … read more mouth when they cough, and staying home when they are sick?

Dr. Sudhir Paul and a group of private funders are banking on a revolutionary approach to creating a vaccine for HIV. By Jessica A. Knoblauch Typically, AIDS research is funded by scientific groups like the National Institutes of Health and other ...

(Updates with comments from Dr. George Daley, who developed 11 of the stem cell lines) By Jared A. Favole Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins said the agency has approved 13 human ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of unemployed US workers face sharply higher health insurance premiums and loss of coverage as temporary federal subsidies expire, a healthcare advocacy group said on Tuesday.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Merck & Co.'s Zegerid OTC (omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat frequent heartburn, the company said Wednesday in a news release.

WASHINGTON - The White House budget director said Wednesday that it may take decades for America to have an efficient health care system even if Congress passes a major overhaul this year.

Two swine flu patients in Maryland and one in Virginia were hospitalized with a form of the virus resistant to a commonly used medicine, prompting infectious disease specialists to call for renewed caution even as the intensity of the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug made by Cambridge, Mass.-based Dyax Corp. for the treatment of a rare genetic disorder that causes severe swelling.

Users of a popular club drug will be less than ecstatic to learn that the pill might be making it hard to breathe at night. Researchers report online December 2 and in the December 8 issue of Neurology that regular users of the drug ...

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

LOS ANGELES - Shares of biopharmaceutical company cytrx Corp. rose in morning trading Wednesday after the Food and Drug Administration lifted a nearly two-year suspension on development of arimoclomol as a treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease.

By AP THE ISSUE: Is there an easier, more transparent way for consumers to shop for health insurance? THE POLITICS: Most Americans under age 65 get insurance coverage through their employers.

Residents of the Southeast are so much more likely than other Americans to die of a stroke that epidemiologists call the region the “stroke belt.

The US Food and Drug Administration have slapped Tyson Foods with a warning about unhygienic conditions at its Texas plant which makes seafood soups.

Citing the balky swine flu vaccination campaign and other shortcomings in the nation's medical defenses, a top Obama administration official has announced a major review of the government's efforts to develop new protections against ...