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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 ...

SHANGHAI - 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.

The Clay County Health Department will conduct H1N1 vaccination clinics at the following schools for children 9-year-old or younger who need dose No.

There's little debate about screening women ages 50 to 74. So why do so many slip through the cracks? By Katherine Hobson The recent brouhaha over breast cancer screening is about recommendations—what different experts say women of different ages ...

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.

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

Searches for the bird, not the country, experience a massive jump around Thanksgiving and a smaller one around Christmas. By Mark Milian Sorry, Istanbul, we're looking for the bird.

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.

AP - November 26, 2009 11:24 AM ET ATLANTA (AP) - The largest 1-day sit-down dinner and meals on wheels operation in the country is heading into its 40th anniversary this year amid a rise in need and a decline in donations.

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.

Elmira - Many people spent their day giving back this Thanksgiving by rolling up their sleeves. More than 70 people donated blood at the Sullivan Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross today.

Nov. 24, 2009 -- A potentially dangerous and rapidly spreading strain of the "superbug" MRSA poses a much greater public health threat than previously thought, new research shows.

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.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A drug commonly used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis now also shows some promise in helping patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

A Montgomery County attorney helped win more than $34 million for an Illinois woman who says her illness was caused by the menopause drug, Prempro.

A group of volunteer Santas wants the same swine flu vaccination priority as health care workers and teachers. The 200 members of "Santa America" visit sick and traumatized children during the holiday season and need to be protected against kids who ...