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There were about 17% fewer new infections worldwide in 2008, compared with 2001, but fewer than half of those infected began treatment, a World Health Organization and UNAIDS report says.

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Raising the US government's $12.2 trillion borrowing limit tops an agenda of must-pass legislation that imperils Senate Democrats' ability to pass a health-care bill this year.

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions - umbrellas and face masks - as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine ...

For the past 10 days, I've been struggling to make sense of the new mammography guidelines recommending a delay in the onset of routine screening from age 40 to age 50.

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Canada is still investigating an unusually high rate of a side effect known as anaphylaxis from a batch of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's swine flu vaccine, health officials said today.

Members also signal that they may cap dispensaries to between 70 and 200. The council plows through 50 proposed changes to its medical marijuana ordinance.

It's been found that one in five type 2 diabetics are morbidly obese, or at least 100 pounds overweight. Researchers from a study conducted by Loyola University have found that in ...

A new Novartis AG vaccine plant in North Carolina is supposed to boost the US's ability to fight pandemics like the current swine-flu virus.

Travelers on their way to their Thanksgiving destinations are encountering minimal delays Wednesday evening on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

New York (CNN) -- A 13-year-old teenager with Asperger's syndrome spent 11 days in October wandering New York's vast subway system until a police officer recognized him from a missing persons' poster, according to police and the youth's mother.

TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (healthday News) -- Strains of antibiotic-resistant infections normally found in the community are increasingly showing up among hospital outpatients, raising the risk that inpatients could become infected, ...

Pfizer has been ordered to pay a total of $103 million in punitive damages to two women who were found to have breast cancer after they used hormonal drugs, state court officials in Philadelphia said Monday.

Leveille says their study is the first to examine the link between chronic joint pains and falling accidents. She hopes the findings would likely prompt older people to discuss chronic pain issues with ...

A new study suggests that evidence linking heart risks to Vioxx, the Merck arthritis drug pulled from the market in 2004, was apparent in 2000, Health Day reports.

A job is a business arrangement. You give employers your work and, in exchange, they give you money. Simple. So, in this season of giving thanks, do you think there's any room for gratitude in the labor-for-cash equation?

RALEIGH, NC - State lawmakers and attorneys are scrutinizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for its attempt to influence the national health care debate through direct mail and possibly illegal automated phone calls.

MIAMI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act. A US Senate committee revealed last year that public health insurer Medicare had paid as much as $92 million from 2000 to 2007 for medical ...