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Now you can find one by entering your ZIP code on a state public health website. Only problem: it's not true. The www.mdhflu.com website lists NO H1N1 vaccine clinics within 30 miles of Minneapolis or St. Paul.

As debate began in the Senate on healthcare reform following the Thanksgiving recess, the Congressional Budget Office released on November 30 its much-anticipated analysis of the impact on healthcare insurance premiums should the proposed Senate ...

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 ...

Just in case you weren't panicking enough over the swine flu, it turns out that the virus that causes it, H1N1, can make dogs, cats and ferrets sick, too.

TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (healthday News) -- Mammograms may actually boost the risk of breast cancer in some high-risk women, a new study suggests.

Dec. 1, 2009 -- People who exercise regularly tend to stay healthier as they age, and now new research may explain why at a cellular level.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- People born in the "stroke belt" of the southern United States have a lifelong higher risk of dying of stroke than others, even if they live elsewhere later, a new study shows.

Nov. 30, 2009 -- A new, home-based program for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that combines behavioral change techniques in a playful environment boosted the children's IQ, language ability, and social interaction ...

Saudi Arabia has ordered an inquiry into flash floods last week that killed more than 100 people, according to the state news agency.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two-thirds of 382 fresh broiler chickens purchased from grocers by a US consumer group were contaminated with one or both of the bacteria that cause most cases of food-borne illness, the group said on Monday.

NEW YORK - CVS Caremark Corp., the operator of more than 7000 US drugstores, was accused by Connecticut of selling expired products, less than a month after the company settled a similar suit with New York.

Health-care forum panelists, from left, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Erin Kelly, a medical school student, and Vincent Mor, Department of Community Health chairman, listen to an opening speaker at Brown University on ...

When used with ultrasound, elastography helps distinguish between cancerous and benign breast lesions, which reduces unnecessary biopsies, US researchers have found.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of children born with Down syndrome has increased by about one percent per year since 1979, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

It all started when a medical supply created a new line of hospital gloves -- in pink. 1.6 million people have clicked YouTube video tribute to breast cancer fight.

CHICAGO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the long-term risk of cancer, ...

The Anti-Defamation League has selected 11 schools in metro Atlanta to display 12×12 panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt to further its message of tolerance.

As more and more states legalize access to medical marijuana, institutions are sprouting up to teach cannabis cultivation. As more and more states relax medical marijuana laws, a budding industry is taking seed.