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WASHINGTON - A top Obama administration official, citing problems with the swine flu vaccination campaign and other problems in preparedness, announced plans yesterday for a major review of the federal government's policies for developing ...

The Springfield-Greene County Health Department expects to receive more than 13000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine this week. A shipment of 7700 doses arrived Tuesday and another 5500 are expected today, according to the health department.

STOCKTON - The line stood 30 deep outside the first in a series of San Joaquin County Public Health Services H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics on this frosty Tuesday morning.

H1N1 FLU CLINIC: The department will have free H1N1 vaccines available for anyone aged 6 months to 24 years and ages 25-64 with illnesses that make them more susceptible to the flu.

Mirroring a nationwide trend, some local school nurses say flu cases appear to be waning among area children and absenteeism is returning to normal levels.

Although it might sound counterintuitive, loneliness can spread from one person to another, according to research released Tuesday that could underscore the power of one person's emotions to affect those of friends, family and neighbors.

TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (healthday News) -- A new study suggests that lonely people attract fellow "lonelies" and influence others to feel lonely, too.

Lonely people tend to share their loneliness with others, and their feelings of isolation and despair rub off on friends, neighbors, spouses, and even acquaintances, researchers report in the December issue of the Journal of ...

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 ...

Millions of laid-off Americans lost federal subsidies today that helped them buy health insurance. The development is likely to trigger a growing crush of people lining up at free and federally subsidized clinics and hospitals that ...

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

By: AP BEIJING - The number of swine flu deaths in China has more than tripled in two weeks with the onset of winter, the Health Ministry said late Tuesday.