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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A US debt that is topping $12 trillion is raising fresh questions about the cost of President Barack Obama's proposed healthcare overhaul, but those concerns are unlikely to sink the legislation.

HOUSTON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- A number of counties in the US southeastern state of Florida are considering offering vaccinations against A/H1N1 flu to the general public next week.

SHANGHAI - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.

If your ears can't hear what someone is saying, try listening with your skin. Sensations on the skin can help people understand speech, according to a study in the journal Nature.

"As a general rule, almost everybody who knows about this is disregarding the recommendations," said Dr. David Johnston, a radiologist at Solis Women's Health, a clinic at Baylor All Saints Medical Center at ...

The Los Angeles mayor declines to say what the cap should be, but says it should be a level that can be adequately monitored by city officials and the Police Department.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced the deaths of two people who were infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus.

(11/27/09) In the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas most people try to repress all things political. In Atlanta, Mary Norwood and Kasim Reed are desperately trying to fight that tendency and shift attention from carving ...

Searches for the bird, not the country, experience a massive jump around Thanksgiving and a smaller one around Christmas. By Mark Milian Sorry, Istanbul, we're looking for the bird.

By Sue-Lyn Erbeck Special to the Tribune Bluesy riffs and jazzy notes offer a soothing counterpoint to the bustle within Chicago's airport terminals.

The Clay County Health Department will conduct H1N1 vaccination clinics at the following schools for children 9-year-old or younger who need dose No.

WARREN - Becky Lyda learned about the holiday blood drive being conducted by the American Red Cross Thursday morning. She decided she wanted to spend more of her holiday time making a difference.

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.

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.

That sounds like something my mother would say if we kids so much as frowned upon opening the clothes we needed instead of the toys we wanted on Christmas morning.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A drug commonly used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis now also shows some promise in helping patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

Nov. 24, 2009 -- New research could help explain how pregnancy protects against breast cancer, and the findings may one day lead to a novel way to treat the disease.