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After a lethal bird flu virus emerged in Asia, US officials launched an intense effort to build new defenses against a pandemic, including replacing an antiquated vaccine system, which depends on millions of chicken eggs.

The US Preventive Services Task Force's revised guidelines have been praised and criticized. The American Cancer Society is one group that disagrees.

RIYADH (Reuters) - More than two million Muslims gather this week for the annual haj pilgrimage to Islam's holy city of Mecca, where Saudi authorities hope to minimize spread of the H1N1 virus and prevent any political demonstration.

The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot measure, residents of Maine voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of medical marijuana over the counter at state-licensed dispensaries.

The smoking ban in the UK did not lead to children being exposed to more smoking at home, a study has concluded. One of the main criticisms of the ban in public places was that it could prompt people to swap pubs for drinking at home where they could ...

There is still room at the Thanksgiving table for those who do not have family to be with or who are unable to prepare a turkey dinner at home, as the Casino Theatre Entertainment Center continues to accept reservations for its free community ...

Inside an unremarkable three-story office building near Santana Row, Richard Noonan waited last week in the San Jose Cannabis Buyers Collective lobby for the marijuana he uses to treat symptoms of palsy.

The health ministry in Kenya has launched a three-week campaign to encourage up to one million people to take an Aids test. Ministry officials will go door-to-door in a bid to more than double the number of people checked since voluntary testing ...

Tucked into the last hundred pages of Sen. Harry Reid's proposed health care bill is a 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery that has doctors from various specialties wondering if they will soon become tax collectors who must also interpret ...

Worries that widespread screening for breast and cervical cancers can yield limited benefit and lead to unnecessary harm prompted decisions this week by two medical organizations to recommend less preventive testing.

Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy or who were exposed to lead have more than double the risk of having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder as other children, new research shows.

AP Writer / November 23, 2009 CONCORD, NH—New Hampshire health officials announced Monday that the state is opening swine flu vaccination clinics for the highest-risk cases this week, as complications from the illness take two more ...

Although Healthy San Francisco might operate on a smaller scale if national health care reform passes, the program likely will continue to meet specialized health care needs in the city, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Rockville, MD - The FDA is alerting patients and providers about an apparent jump in cardiovascular events among patients taking sibutramine (Meridia, Abbott Laboratories) for weight loss in a preliminary analysis from a randomized placebo-controlled ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Tis the season to be jolly -- as well as pass your flu germs to others at Christmas get-togethers unless you're careful.

Seven yet-to-be-named appointees would decide how to run the hospital and whom to hire. Outpatients wait in the lobby of the clinic that operates at the Martin Luther King Jr.

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the most sweeping anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years, prohibits employers from hiring or firing based on a person's genetic makeup.