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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 - The Congressional Budget Office reported Monday that the Senate health bill could significantly reduce costs for many people who buy health insurance on their own, and that it would not substantially ...

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.

PROVIDENCE - In his first press conference since Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of the Catholic Diocese of Providence criticized him for disclosing a confidential request to stop receiving Holy Communion because of his stand on moral issues, ...

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.

Two-thirds of fresh broiler chicken purchased in 22 states harbored Salmonella and/or Campylobacter, according a report released by Consumer Reports yesterday.

The health care bill currently being debated in the Senate includes a provision that would levy a 5% tax on elective cosmetic surgeries.

Six community hospitals, squeezed by the economic downturn and the Massachusetts budget crunch, are set to file a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court this morning seeking millions of dollars from the state for unpaid health care ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia - Five people died from swine flu during the hajj, Saudi Arabia said Sunday, a relatively small number considering the event is the largest annual gathering in the world and is seen as an ideal incubator for the virus.

Executives of the Dallas-based company planning a medical trade center in Nashville hope their agreement with Metro officials gives them a leg up in a three-city race to open the first such facility in ...

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 ...

Seniors have until the end of the year to switch Medicare drug plans to get a better deal. But many will pass up the chance to save hundreds of dollars a year in prescription costs.

Starting in the spring of 2007, federal, state and local law enforcement officials came together in South Florida to hunt down and charge people with defrauding the country's multibillion-dollar ...

It came in the form of a text message from one of my adult nieces. It wasn't the usual "Happy Whatever" that we have come to expect on these special occasions, but rather a one-line lament: "I don't have a cute little ...

Many Coachella Valley schools have made progress on physical fitness tests, but most valley students lag behind the state average, a report released Monday shows.