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HIV rates seem to be declining, according to a new study, but the best improvements seem to be in developing countries. A mother and child wait to receive treatment at the HIV clinic in Nyagasambu, Rwanda, February 14, 2008.

Knowledge is power, unless that knowledge comes with so much baggage that it becomes crippling. Such is the trouble with many cancer and health screening tests.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- The Hajj, an obligatory pilgrimage for Muslims, began this year on Wednesday with two twists: thinner crowds and heavy rain.

Boston (DbTechNo) - As many as 6 bad reactions have been documented in Canadians given the swine flu vaccine provided by GlaxoSmithKline.

Senators away for the Thanksgiving holiday are continuing the health care reform debate with constituents and are facing far less vitriol than during the August recess.

TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (healthday News) -- Strains of antibiotic-resistant infections normally found in the community are increasingly showing up among hospital outpatients, raising the risk that inpatients could become infected, ...

The toy industry welcomes the added attention toy safety gets from the news media and consumers at this time of year. Reports from the federal government's US Consumer Product Safety Commission and consumer groups such as the Public Interest Research ...

A new Novartis AG vaccine plant in North Carolina is supposed to boost the US's ability to fight pandemics like the current swine-flu virus.

By REUTERS The Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services launched a special strike force in Miami in 2007 to combat Medicare fraud in South Florida and similar units have been set up in Los Angeles, Houston and Detroit.

A new study suggests that evidence linking heart risks to Vioxx, the Merck arthritis drug pulled from the market in 2004, was apparent in 2000, Health Day reports.

New York (CNN) -- A 13-year-old teenager with Asperger's syndrome spent 11 days in October wandering New York's vast subway system until a police officer recognized him from a missing persons' poster, according to police and the youth's mother.

Older people who report pain are also more likely to get injured in a fall, according to a new study. Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts-Boston followed about 750 people older than 70 for 18 months.

Tomorrow many Americans will prepare and indulge in the annual Thanksgiving feast of turkey, gravy, stuffing and all the trimmings.

Nov. 23, 2009 -- Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke and childhood exposure to lead are linked to increased risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD) in children, a new study shows.

Pfizer has been ordered to pay a total of $103 million in punitive damages to two women who were found to have breast cancer after they used hormonal drugs, state court officials in Philadelphia said Monday.

Members also signal that they may cap dispensaries to between 70 and 200. The council plows through 50 proposed changes to its medical marijuana ordinance.

Escalating obesity rates are no secret in this country, but seeing the statistics is a sober reminder of the health risks of being severely overweight.