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As I prepared to roll up my sleeve for my H1N1 flu shot at Eastgate Center last Monday, the nurse looked at me with a puzzled expression.

MINA, Saudi Arabia - Five people died from swine flu during the hajj, Saudi Arabia said Sunday, a relatively small number considering the event is the largest annual gathering in the world and is seen as an ideal incubator for the virus.

On the eve of World AIDS Day on Tuesday, the medicine is getting better, but human behavior is not. AIDS deaths in Florida have declined for two consecutive years, thanks to drug therapies, but infections hold steady, ...

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.

You wouldn't buy a second car when one would do. Nor an extra airplane ticket when you're traveling solo. But if your son topples from his skateboard and breaks an arm, ...

Cases of diabetes will soar and the cost of treating the disease will triple, according to a new report. (CNN) -- The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, ...

SHANGHAI, CHINA (AP) - 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 ...

DNA testing of the bacteria found in a Portland drinking-water reservoir might point to the source of contamination. But whether the contamination caused illnesses in people may never be known, health experts said ...

Agriflu will be administered as a single injection in the upper arm and is available in prefilled syringes, the FDA says. (CNN) -- The US Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has approved a new vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza.

The Centers for Disease Control, in lieu of the upcoming holiday season and the huge amounts of travel associated with it, has launched a campaign to assure that travelers are well educated about H1N1, more casually known as Swine Flu.

While the need for blood tends to rise during the holiday season, donations tend to fall. That's a paradox the the American Red Cross has been hoping to overcome, as it has held a ...

When Paul Carroll lost his job in January, he and his wife, Kate, had a difficult, expensive choice: Do they keep their health insurance through his former employer, even though it would mean bearing the full cost of ...

Mt. Pleasant #2 Missionary Baptist Church, 490 Stone Road, Pinson, will hold appreciation services for Pastor Jimmy L. Godwin at 11 am and 2 pm Sunday.

AP The protesters held signs and distributed fliers Friday outside the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's headquarters downtown.

Here's how to participate in the Post-Tribune's Empty Stocking Fund collection drive, which helps low-income families through the local Boys & Girls Clubs.