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A handful of Democratic senators are pushing to change pending health-care legislation so that it would help increase the country's stock of primary-care doctors, heeding warnings that the bill may exacerbate the difficulty some ...

A joint report released by the United Nations and the World Health Organization Tuesday shows a 17 percent drop in new HIV infections just in the past eight years and a 10 percent drop in ...

Chinese mainland had 51 deaths related to A/H1N1 last week, with nearly ten thousand patients catching flu. The Ministry of Health has also confirmed a mutation of the virus but is stressing that the number of cases with the new strain remains low.

The Canton Health Department will have a free H1N1 flu vaccine drive from 10 am to 3 pm Saturday at the Stark County Fairgrounds at 305 Wertz Ave.

When it comes to our health, we women may not be as empowered as we think. How else to explain the torrent unleashed when it was put before us that mammograms are not as effective for some women?

Listening is more than a matter of being “all ears.'' People can also hear with their skin, according to new research that deepens our understanding of the senses, showing they can work together but also override one another.

The Los Angeles mayor declines to say what the cap should be, but says it should be a level that can be adequately monitored by city officials and the Police Department.

View full sizeThe Associated PressIf you're feeling sleepy on Thanksgiving, don't blame the turkey. Of course, if you had eaten all of this bird yourself, that could be your problem.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced the deaths of two people who were infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus.

(11/27/09) In the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas most people try to repress all things political. In Atlanta, Mary Norwood and Kasim Reed are desperately trying to fight that tendency and shift attention from carving ...

By Sue-Lyn Erbeck Special to the Tribune Bluesy riffs and jazzy notes offer a soothing counterpoint to the bustle within Chicago's airport terminals.

BANGOR, Maine - Dale Ruopp and her father Paul Ruopp started a new Thanksgiving tradition this year - giving blood. The Bangor residents heard about the annual American Red Cross' blood drive on the news Thursday morning and on the ...

New research has discovered community strains of antibiotic-resistant infections by increasingly showing up among hospital outpatients, are raising the risk of the infection spreading amongst inpatients.

Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. says it is looking into building a cell-based vaccine manufacturing plant in the US to produce seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines.

That sounds like something my mother would say if we kids so much as frowned upon opening the clothes we needed instead of the toys we wanted on Christmas morning.

BRUSSELS - Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.

A drug called Rituxan, used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, could help in slowing down the development of newly discovered type1 or juvenile diabetes as per researchers' report.