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Area health departments will be offering vaccinations this week against swine flu and seasonal flu. The Independence Health Department will hold a swine flu vaccination clinic today at Osage Trail Middle School, 2101 N. Twyman Road, ...

Millions of people out of work lost federal subsidies Tuesday that helped them afford COBRA health insurance coverage, adding to the more than 46 million Americans who are uninsured.

A new study suggests that feelings of loneliness could spread like a virus, the Washington Post reports. US researchers examined data from more than 4000 people and found that lonely people infect members of their social network with ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that lonely people attract fellow "lonelies" and influence others to feel lonely, too.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Low-dose radiation from mammograms and chest X-rays may increase the risk of breast cancer in young women who are already at high risk because of family history or genetic susceptibility, Dutch researchers said ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half of all patients in intensive care units around the world have infections, and more than 70 percent are being given antibiotics -- a trend that could help more drug-resistant superbugs ...

China is struggling to keep HIV-positive children alive. The problem is especially serious in its rural areas where a combination of stigma and a lack of proper care and medication leaves these children with an uphill battle against the deadly virus.

TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (healthday News) -- A US health official said Tuesday that H1N1 swine flu infections appear to be on the wane nationally, but many experts agreed the virus could return in force later this winter.

SAN FRANCISCO - Biotherapeutic drug company Dyax Corp. said Tuesday it received Food and Drug Administration approval to market Kalbitor for treatment of the genetic disorder hereditary angioedema in patients 16 years and up.

Health-care forum panelists, from left, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Erin Kelly, a medical school student, and Vincent Mor, Department of Community Health chairman, listen to an opening speaker at Brown University on ...

“In its next phase, PEPFAR programs will support a comprehensive, whole-of-government approach in many countries, to increase awareness, reduce stigma, and get services to people at earlier stages.

With hundreds of city firefighters out of work every day for medical problems ranging from broken bones to more serious illnesses, the Fire Department is moving to reduce staffing at 49 engine companies in the five boroughs, city officials ...

The largest hospital in Halifax is using security guards to prohibit high school students from going into the building to buy food.

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.

Saudi Arabia has ordered an inquiry into flash floods last week that killed more than 100 people, according to the state news agency.