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ATLANTA - A new government report says swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30.

Drug treatment for people with HIV should begin a year or two sooner than currently recommended, says a new guidance issued Monday by the World Health Organization.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate opens debate on a broad healthcare overhaul on Monday with senators seeking an elusive compromise on thorny issues like a government-run insurance plan, abortion coverage and ...

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.

Consumer Reports tested nearly 400 store-bought broilers last spring and published the disturbing results this morning. Two-thirds of the chickens tested positive for salmonella and/or campylobacter, the leading bacterial causes of food-borne illness.

A worker at a cannabis dispensary packages medicinal marijuana in this file photo. As states loosen their medical marijuana laws, institutions are looking to educate potential caregivers about how to enter the cannabis industry the ...

After flooding in Jeddah killed more than 100 people, Saudi Arabians have flocked to Facebook to press the government for better drainage.

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.

If you lose your job (God forbid), you can keep your health insurance for a while through a federal program called Cobra. There's a catch, though: Because your employer is no longer chipping in, your premiums may go way up.

Cosmetic surgeons performing breast implants, tummy tucks and dermal fillers have come across an unfamiliar foe. And it's not fat, wrinkles or shapeless figures.

Pharmacists may play an important role in the health care system by filling in health care gaps and advising patients, according to a series of articles in The Los Angeles Times, which reports on one clinical pharmacist Steven Chen and the "Patient ...

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.

(NECN: Ally Donnelly, Wakefield, Mass.) - Many of the students and their parents at a Wakefield, Massachusetts middle school are taking antibiotics as a precaution today.

“A lot of people are scared of needles, but when you do it, just think about you're helping somebody else,” said blood donor Stacey Riley.

A Dallas-based company has struck a long-term deal to move into and expand the Nashville Convention Center to house a medical trade center showcasing health care gadgets and products, ...

Pet owners are fretting over news that dogs in the mainland tested positive for the human swine flu (H1N1). The concerns have prompted the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Hong Kong Dog Rescue to warn pet owners not to abandon their ...

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