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JOHANNESBURG - The head of the UN AIDS program says South Africa is the ideal place for him to visit on World AIDS Day. Michel Sidibe, speaking to The Associated Press in Johannesburg Monday, on the eve of World AIDS Day, says that while South Africa ...

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The two health reform bills moving through the US Congress differ in a number of ways but achieve the same goal: a dramatic reduction in the number of uninsured Americans.

Dr. Lauren Smith calls it the “Scarlet F.'' F as in flu. And as this season of swine flu trudges forward - with run-of-the-mill influenza hot on its heels - employers and workers alike are navigating the treacherous terrain of how you ...

Women across the USA have been shocked and angered by new advice to get fewer mammograms. Yet experts have been debating the risks of mammograms and other cancer screenings for more than a decade.

Agriflu will be administered as a single injection in the upper arm and is available in prefilled syringes, the FDA says. (CNN) -- The US Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has approved a new vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza.

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.

A school in Detroit, Med Grow Cannabis College, offers courses in how to grow, use and profit from medicinal marijuana. 'Weak, disappointing.

What weighs over 54 tons, has over 46000 panels and is the largest ongoing community arts project in the world? If you said the "Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt" you would be correct.

With demand for their services from the public sagging, they focus on selves and peers; a business where practitioners are always expected to look their best.

More and more adults and children are getting type 2 diabetes, a condition in which the cells of the body don't use insulin properly.

Wakefield (WBZ Newsroom) -- A middle school teacher in Wakefield has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. After getting word about the teacher at the Galvin Middle School, nurses and school administrators identified students and staff who may have ...

Philadelphia, Pa. - November 30, 2009 - Comcast-Spectacor, the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment, is encouraging fans of both the Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers to donate blood to the American Red Cross during the company's fourth annual Blood ...

She looked like a grandmother. "Do you think that medical marijuana could help reduce my pain enough so I could exercise?" she asked.

The Portland Water Bureau ended its boil water order Sunday and gave westside Portland residents the green light to drink tap water.

The first of thousands of unemployed Rhode Islanders will lose a federal stimulus subsidy tomorrow that has helped them afford temporary health insurance.

Q: Once you have the H1N1 flu, are you immune to it? - Cindy, Sioux Falls, SD A: If you've already had H1N1, you have protection, but only if you're exposed to the same strain of the virus that laid you low.