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By DONALD G. mcneil Jr. New swine flu infections continue to drop across the United States, confirmation that the pandemic's fall wave has peaked, according to figures posted online Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Millions of unemployed US workers face sharply higher health insurance premiums and loss of coverage as temporary federal subsidies expire, a healthcare advocacy group said on Tuesday.

NEW YORK - CVS Caremark Corp., the operator of more than 7000 US drugstores, was accused by Connecticut of selling expired products, less than a month after the company settled a similar suit with New York.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A special, intensive early intervention program for toddlers with autism succeeded in boosting IQ along with children's language and social skills, a new study shows.

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

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (healthday News) -- The two health reform bills moving through the US Congress differ in a number of ways but achieve the same goal: a dramatic reduction in the number of uninsured Americans.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - One of the main rites at Islam's annual hajj centers on the bravery and determination of a woman. According to Muslim tradition, Hagar, the consort of the patriarch Abraham, ran between two hills searching for water for her dying ...

PROVIDENCE, RI - Rep. Patrick Kennedy used the language of faith Monday to rally support for expanding the nation's health insurance system in his first public appearance since escalating a public feud with Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop over ...

For young women who have a high risk of breast cancer because of genetic mutations or family history, the radiation from yearly mammograms may make the risk even higher, researchers reported at a radiology conference on Monday.

BOSTON - Six Massachusetts hospitals are suing the state, saying they were shortchanged by the 2006 health care law. The hospitals claim the state violated a law requiring health care providers be adequately reimbursed for caring for Medicaid and ...

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 ...

Dallas-based Market Center Management Co. (MCMC) will build a $250 million medical mart in downtown Nashville on the site of the current Nashville Convention Center, it announced yesterday.

The 2009 California Physical Fitness Test results released Monday reported 29 percent of fifth-graders, 34 percent of seventh-graders, and 38 percent of ninth-graders met all Healthy Fitness Zone benchmarks of the test.

Most patients with high blood pressure have a hard time keeping it under control, and a new study suggests they may get better results if a team of a physician and a pharmacist manage their care.

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.

CORPUS CHRISTI - A man is shocked by animal control officers entering his neighbor's property to snare her pets, and a state rule about chaining pets will soon be enforced.