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The level of flu activity across the nation has dropped for the fourth week in a row, federal health officials reported Monday, indicating that the second wave of the swine flu pandemic in the United States had peaked.

Sen. Harry Reid called the health care debate one of the most important in the nation's history. Washington (CNN) -- The US Senate on Monday opened what is expected to be a lengthy and rancorous debate on a sweeping bill to overhaul the nation's health ...

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A special, intensive early intervention program for toddlers with autism succeeded in boosting IQ along with children's language and social skills, a new study shows.

The bad news from a new study is that two thirds of store-bought chicken was found to be contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - One of the main rites at Islam's annual hajj centers on the bravery and determination of a woman. According to Muslim tradition, Hagar, the consort of the patriarch Abraham, ran between two hills searching for water for her dying ...

PROVIDENCE, RI - Rep. Patrick Kennedy used the language of faith Monday to rally support for expanding the nation's health insurance system in his first public appearance since escalating a public feud with Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop over ...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut officials are suing CVS/Pharmacy Inc., alleging it has sold food and over-the-counter medications past their expiration dates at many of its Connecticut stores.

CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Every year, many patients undergo unnecessary computed tomography (CT) scans that are not indicated, exposing them to more radiation than is necessary, according to new research presented here at the annual ...

WASHINGTON—Some Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism Monday of Merck & Co.'s arguments that shareholders waited too long to file securities lawsuits alleging the drug maker misrepresented the safety of painkiller drug Vioxx, ...

The stimulus act included $25 billion to help the jobless stay on their former employers' health plans for up to nine months, but the money is running out and Congress is unlikely to extend it soon.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Market Center Management Co. on Monday announced plans to build and operate a $250 million Nashville Medical Trade Center on the site of the city's existing convention center.

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).

Women across the USA have been shocked and angered by new advice to get fewer mammograms. Yet experts have been debating the risks of mammograms and other cancer screenings for more than a decade.

If you want to spend five or six hours trapped in a debate, try picking a fight with a pro-marijuana advocate who argues that a prescription should give an athlete a free pass when it's his time to fill a cup.

Kelly Elementary School fifth-grader Colin Morrison, left, takes the baton from classmate Kristen Cole in a relay race in this June 2008 file photo.

A worker at a cannabis dispensary packages medicinal marijuana in this file photo. As states loosen their medical marijuana laws, institutions are looking to educate potential caregivers about how to enter the cannabis industry the ...