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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?

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers pressed their case on Wednesday that new US recommendations advising against routine mammograms for women in their 40s could be used to ration healthcare under reform legislation before Congress, ...

From free HIV testing to displaying a quilt memorializing the lives lost to AIDS, the MSU community recognized World AIDS Day on Tuesday.

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.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare reforms working their way through the US Congress will help slow rising medical costs but more will have to be done in coming years, a top Obama administration official said on Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The overall health of the US population has improved over the past three decades, largely because people have quit smoking in droves, but a new study suggests those gains might soon be wiped out if ...

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.

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.

Staying socially connected may be just as important for public health as washing your hands and covering your cough. A new study suggests that feelings of loneliness can spread through social networks like the common cold ...

Dec. 2, 2009 (Chicago) -- A new test that looks at the stiffness of tissue may help distinguish between cancerous and benign breast lesions, potentially cutting down on unnecessary biopsies, researchers say.

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.

Dec 2 (Reuters) - CytRx Corp (CYTR.O) said US health regulators lifted a clinical hold on its experimental oral drug for the treatment of Lou Gehrig's disease after accepting the company's revised trial protocol, sending its shares up as much as 16 ...

Inspectors found unsanitary conditions at a Tyson Foods plant in Forth Worth, Tex., that makes seafood soups, says a US Food and Drug Administration warning letter sent to the company and posted on the agency's Web site.

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 ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- About 50 percent of intensive care unit patients worldwide suffer infections, which increase their risk of dying in the hospital, a new study finds.