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JOHANNESBURG - President Jacob Zuma, taking a concrete step away from the South African government's previous delays in providing drugs to treat AIDS and prevent women from infecting their newborns, declared yesterday in a national ...

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.

Alida Holmes is frightened to be without health insurance for the first time as an adult. Holmes hasn't been uninsured "since I was 16," she said.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

NBC25 NEWS - One company that distributes cat food in the four-state area is recalling their food. Diamond Pet Foods recalled select bags of their dry cat food, Including "Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat" and "Premium Edge Hairball.

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 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 ...

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.

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.