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Dec 2 (Reuters) - Here are some details about measures taken to fight H1N1, swine flu, which has killed almost 8750 people globally, according to the latest European Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC) tallies.

WASHINGTON - A Republican senator asserted Tuesday during a rancorous floor debate that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shorten the lives of America's seniors by cutting Medicare.

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

Now that a government subsidy has ended, many laid-off workers won't be able to afford to keep their job-based health insurance.

As per the findings of the Extended Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care (EPIC II) study, a one-day snapshot of intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide revealed that over one-half of the patients had acquired an infection during the course of their ...

With the recent data and recommendations issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) causing a flurry of debate in just about every media outlet across the country, breast cancer and mammography has been in the news a ...

Citing the balky swine flu vaccination campaign and other shortcomings in the nation's medical defenses, a top Obama administration official has announced a major review of the government's efforts to develop new protections against ...

WASHINGTON - A Missouri company said Tuesday its recalled dried cat food has sickened 21 cats and the pet food was distributed in multiple states in the South and along the East Coast.

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 ...

Just in case you weren't panicking enough over the swine flu, it turns out that the virus that causes it, H1N1, can make dogs, cats and ferrets sick, too.

The first phase focused on elementary school aged children; these clinics are for students in middle school and high school. The difference between this group of vaccinations and the first, the elementary school children need two doses of vaccine, ...

With more than 500 city firefighters now out of work for health reasons, the Fire Department is moving to reduce staffing at 49 engine companies in the five boroughs, city officials said Tuesday.

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.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two-thirds of 382 fresh broiler chickens purchased from grocers by a US consumer group were contaminated with one or both of the bacteria that cause most cases of food-borne illness, the group said on Monday.