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TRIAGE Young children, here playing near where swine flu shots will be given in Texas, are one of the high-risk groups. By DONALD G. mcneil Jr.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims crowd the roads toward the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Mecca, Saudi Arabian (CNN) -- A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, ...

Worries that widespread screening for breast and cervical cancers can yield limited benefit and lead to unnecessary harm prompted decisions this week by two medical organizations to recommend less preventive testing.

WASHINGTON - -- Amid all the uncertainties about how health care legislation would affect each American, one thing is clear: The more-affluent would pay higher taxes.

The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry has made arrangements to obtain 380000 Novel Influenza (A)H1N1 vaccines from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the most sweeping anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years, prohibits employers from hiring or firing based on a person's genetic makeup.

By Sang Tan, AP By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY The momentum of the H1N1 flu outbreak has fallen off, but flu activity is still high and Tamiflu-resistant virus may have begun to spread.

The necklaces spilling out of plastic bags looked like Mardi Gras beads, but a color-coded chart told a different, less festive story.

Linda Tolkin went for yearly mammograms and conducted self-examinations regularly before she discovered she had Stage 3 breast cancer.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents cast a tie vote on human embryonic stem cell research on Friday, defeating a rare effort to limit such research at a university system beyond what state and federal laws allow.

A group of people waiting to share a holiday meal began gathering by the church as volunteers inside prepared to open the doors. Helpers arranged the pumpkin pie and the proud cooks stood ready ...

Stefanie Spielman, the wife of former NFL linebacker Chris Spielman, is being remembered this weekend by the football community as a woman who fiercely battled breast cancer until her death Thursday at the age of 42.

WASHINGTON - If you're considering Botox to erase frown lines or liposuction to get rid of love handles, you might want to move fast.

Klondyke Gospel Music Center, 3885 Highway 123 S. between Newton and Ozark, will host Gospel-in-Song of Opp, Nov. 21; Perfect Peace of Alexander City, Nov. 27; Ray Holliday of Palm Bay, Fla.

Those promoting Thursday's Great American Smokeout 2009 have their work cut out for them. That's because cigarette use among Americans, after declining for decades, has remained virtually unchanged for five straight years, ...

The Fayette County Health Department will be giving out free H1N1 vaccinations at two locations in Lexington. The first clinic will be at the Lexington Christian Academy.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Red Cross is encouraging and inviting people to spread some holiday cheer to US service men and women stationed around the world.