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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.

Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin recently was asked if a national health care bill would pass the Senate by the end of the year. "It must," Durbin responded.

Manila, Philippines (AHN) - The World Health Organization has turned over H1N1 flu vaccines to the Philippine government. In a ceremony at the Malacanang Palace, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo received the vaccines from Dr.

There's little debate about screening women ages 50 to 74. So why do so many slip through the cracks? By Katherine Hobson The recent brouhaha over breast cancer screening is about recommendations—what different experts say women of different ages ...

Listening is more than a matter of being “all ears.'' People can also hear with their skin, according to new research that deepens our understanding of the senses, showing they can work together but also override one another.

The Los Angeles mayor declines to say what the cap should be, but says it should be a level that can be adequately monitored by city officials and the Police Department.

(11/27/09) In the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas most people try to repress all things political. In Atlanta, Mary Norwood and Kasim Reed are desperately trying to fight that tendency and shift attention from carving ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced the deaths of two people who were infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus.

Every celebration of Thanksgiving Day, Turkey is one of the favorite dishes that can be seen in the table. However, many Americans claim that eating turkey makes them sleepy.

By Sue-Lyn Erbeck Special to the Tribune Bluesy riffs and jazzy notes offer a soothing counterpoint to the bustle within Chicago's airport terminals.

Eau Claire (WQOW)- People are giving back on Thanksgiving by giving the gift of life. The American Red Cross held its annual Thanksgiving Day Blood Drive in Eau Claire.

Nov. 24, 2009 -- A potentially dangerous and rapidly spreading strain of the "superbug" MRSA poses a much greater public health threat than previously thought, new research shows.

That sounds like something my mother would say if we kids so much as frowned upon opening the clothes we needed instead of the toys we wanted on Christmas morning.

Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. says it is looking into building a cell-based vaccine manufacturing plant in the US to produce seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines.

For 23 torturous years, Belgian Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.

BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- A Belgian man, who was thought to have been in a vegetative state but then found conscious for the past 23 years, said he got a "second birth" after doctors worked out a way for him to communicate.