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MONDAY, Nov. 30 (healthday News) -- US health officials said Monday that H1N1 swine flu infections appear to be on the wane nationally, even as the number of American children dying from the illness continues to rise.

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.

Drug treatment for people with HIV should begin a year or two sooner than currently recommended, says a new guidance issued Monday by the World Health Organization.

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.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of patients who have abdominal/pelvic CT scans receive additional unnecessary imaging tests that expose them to extra radiation, US researchers say.

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.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Tabs on beverage cans -- the kind that stay attached once a can is opened -- still pose a danger to children, who can swallow the tabs and damage their digestive tract, according to a new study.

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.

Dr. Steven Teitelbaum, a surgeon in Santa Monica, Calif., called the proposed tax on cosmetic procedures “cowardly.” Share your thoughts about the health care debate.

"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.

A middle school teacher in Wakefield has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. After being informed about the teachers' sickness, nurses and school administrators at the Galvin Middle School identified students and staff who may have had close ...

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 ...