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The Anne Arundel County Department of Health and the county school system are partnering to administer H1N1 vaccine in nine area schools.

Last week, I called my longtime girlfriend Lisa, who lives nearby in Homer Glen, to get her opinion on the latest mammogram advice for women.

SHANGHAI, CHINA (AP) - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said ...

Cases of diabetes will soar and the cost of treating the disease will triple, according to a new report. (CNN) -- The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, ...

An HIV/AIDS awareness event, including a presentation and free, confidential oral HIV testing, will be held at Patrick Henry Community College on Thursday.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A boil water notice is in effect for the City of Portland west of the Willamette River and customers of Palatine Hill, Burlington and Valley View water districts.

The holiday season can mean a prime time for travel. With the large crowds and jammed flights comes heightened concerns of travelers contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus.

CORDELE - When the Red Cross bloodmobile visits here next week, staff will be asking volunteer donors, “why do you give?” Cordele's monthly blood drive is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 1 to 6 pm at the Community Clubhouse.

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.

Special circumstances: “Ms. M's” daughter will be having surgery in December. “Ms. M” won't be able to work until her daughter recovers from surgery.

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria), 2 Political Junkies They'll be a protest today at UPMC headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh to demand that Braddock Hospital stay open.

When Paul Carroll lost his job in January, he and his wife, Kate, had a difficult, expensive choice: Do they keep their health insurance through his former employer, even though it would mean bearing the full cost of ...

An anti-smoking law will go into effect Tuesday that will ban smoking in a majority of the state's restaurants. Although many local dining establishments already voluntarily made their ...

Mt. Pleasant #2 Missionary Baptist Church, 490 Stone Road, Pinson, will hold appreciation services for Pastor Jimmy L. Godwin at 11 am and 2 pm Sunday.

Be sure to get in a little Turkey Trotting over the holiday weekend. As we start the Holiday Eating Season, you will want to move more to keep from packing on the pounds.

People listen with their skin, not just their ears. Air puffs delivered to volunteers' hands or necks at critical times alter their ability, for better or worse, to hear certain speech sounds, a new study finds.