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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Swine flu continues to wane across the United States, but it has killed more than 30 children since the last count, US health officials said on Monday.

The Senate's health care reform package would drive up insurance premiums for people not covered through their jobs but taxpayer-footed subsidies would help bring those costs down for some, according to a new report Monday.

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The United States is ready to shift the focus of its global AIDS programs from emergency medical support to building sustainable health systems, US officials said on Monday as they announced that ...

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

RIYADH - Saudi King Abdullah on Monday ordered an inquiry into the catastrophic flash flood in Jeddah last week that killed at least 106 people and sparked a rare burst of public outrage.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE, RI - Rep. Patrick Kennedy says all people deserve health care because they are "children of God" in his first public appearance since escalating a public feud with Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop over abortion and health care.

CVS Caremark Corp., which arrived in California last year when it bought Longs Drug Stores for $2.5 billion, has been sued by the Connecticut attorney general for allegedly selling expired products.

CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Kids are swallowing more than just their soda when they drink from cans. They are also swallowing the can's aluminum stay tabs, Ohio investigators reported here at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society ...

Cosmetic surgeons performing breast implants, tummy tucks and dermal fillers have come across an unfamiliar foe. And it's not fat, wrinkles or shapeless figures.

"If the title alone doesn't get you, the images and stories will. Here are animals and humans, bonded together through the hardest of circumstances.

With more than 23 million Americans already diagnosed with diabetes, the number of individuals affected by the condition in the US is expected to double over the next 25 years, according to new research.

Philadelphia, Pa. - November 30, 2009 - Comcast-Spectacor, the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment, is encouraging fans of both the Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers to donate blood to the American Red Cross during the company's fourth annual Blood ...

​Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has been among the state's most vocal critics of current medical-marijuana policy. So it's no wonder conservative columnist George Will sought him out ...