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About 25000 Britons on the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca have been reassured swine flu precautions are in place, despite the deaths of four pilgrims.

There were about 17% fewer new infections worldwide in 2008, compared with 2001, but fewer than half of those infected began treatment, a World Health Organization and UNAIDS report says.

The new mammography screening guidelines from an expert advisory group ran into a buzz saw of opposition from medical groups and left many women confused about what to make of them of them and fearful of change.

WASHINGTON (MNI) - For congressional Democrats there are two main issues that will dominate the agenda for the next several months: passing health care legislation and trying to create jobs.

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Canada is still investigating an unusually high rate of a side effect known as anaphylaxis from a batch of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's swine flu vaccine, health officials said today.

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 ...

Nov. 24, 2009 -- A potentially dangerous and rapidly spreading strain of the "superbug" MRSA poses a much greater public health threat than previously thought, new research shows.

Numerous churches and organizations are reaching out with free meals for those in need of food or company on Thanksgiving. The volunteer-staffed meals include: Christ the Rock Community Church in Menasha will sponsor a free Thanksgiving Day meal from ...

Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to allow dispensaries to continue selling medical marijuana, but they still are looking into capping how many dispensaries are allowed inside city limits.

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.

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.

One in five Type 2 diabetics in the United States is morbidly obese -- a percentage that has more than doubled since the 1970s, according to a new study.

Leveille says their study is the first to examine the link between chronic joint pains and falling accidents. She hopes the findings would likely prompt older people to discuss chronic pain issues with ...

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.

TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Direct-to-consumer drug ads may contribute to higher Medicaid costs, according to a new study that examined sales of the widely used antiplatelet drug clopidogrel (Plavix).

MIAMI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act. A US Senate committee revealed last year that public health insurer Medicare had paid as much as $92 million from 2000 to 2007 for medical ...

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.