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WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats face deep divisions within their ranks as they begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, with the recent all-hands-on-deck coalition frayed over abortion and the option of government-run ...

Dr. Lauren Smith calls it the “Scarlet F.'' F as in flu. And as this season of swine flu trudges forward - with run-of-the-mill influenza hot on its heels - employers and workers alike are navigating the treacherous terrain of how you ...

An intervention program called "Early Start Denver Model" emphasizes play therapy for very young children with autism. (CNN) -- Researchers have shown for the first time that if a child is diagnosed with autism as early as 18 ...

Women across the USA have been shocked and angered by new advice to get fewer mammograms. Yet experts have been debating the risks of mammograms and other cancer screenings for more than a decade.

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.

MINA, Saudi Arabia - Five people died from swine flu during the hajj, Saudi Arabia said Sunday, a relatively small number considering the event is the largest annual gathering in the world and is seen as an ideal incubator for the virus.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - At most colleges, marijuana is very much an extracurricular matter. But at Med Grow Cannabis College, marijuana is the curriculum: the history, the horticulture and the legal how-to's of Michigan's new medical ...

What weighs over 54 tons, has over 46000 panels and is the largest ongoing community arts project in the world? If you said the "Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt" you would be correct.

With demand for their services from the public sagging, they focus on selves and peers; a business where practitioners are always expected to look their best.

More and more adults and children are getting type 2 diabetes, a condition in which the cells of the body don't use insulin properly.

Wakefield (WBZ Newsroom) -- A middle school teacher in Wakefield has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. After getting word about the teacher at the Galvin Middle School, nurses and school administrators identified students and staff who may have ...

Philadelphia, Pa. - November 30, 2009 - Comcast-Spectacor, the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment, is encouraging fans of both the Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers to donate blood to the American Red Cross during the company's fourth annual Blood ...

She looked like a grandmother. "Do you think that medical marijuana could help reduce my pain enough so I could exercise?" she asked.

The Portland Water Bureau ended its boil water order Sunday and gave westside Portland residents the green light to drink tap water.

The first of thousands of unemployed Rhode Islanders will lose a federal stimulus subsidy tomorrow that has helped them afford temporary health insurance.

Q: Once you have the H1N1 flu, are you immune to it? - Cindy, Sioux Falls, SD A: If you've already had H1N1, you have protection, but only if you're exposed to the same strain of the virus that laid you low.