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As it is the custom this time of the year to give thanks, the Douglas County Health Department has reason to express gratitude for those who have made our H1N1 clinics a success.

A handful of Democratic senators are pushing to change pending health-care legislation so that it would help increase the country's stock of primary-care doctors, heeding warnings that the bill may exacerbate the difficulty some ...

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foundation for Prevention of STD and AIDS celebrated its 20th anniversary Friday in Beijing. The foundation raised fund of about 10 million yuan (1.46 million US dollars) on the ceremony for STD (sexually ...

There's little debate about screening women ages 50 to 74. So why do so many slip through the cracks? By Katherine Hobson The recent brouhaha over breast cancer screening is about recommendations—what different experts say women of different ages ...

A joint report released by the United Nations and the World Health Organization Tuesday shows a 17 percent drop in new HIV infections just in the past eight years and a 10 percent drop in ...

BRUSSELS - Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.

Rom Houben was fully conscious for 23 years while doctors believed he was in a persistent vegetative state. A Belgian man who was misdiagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years was fully conscious the whole time, according to a study released by a ...

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- As H1N1 cases are rising, so are bacterial pneumonia cases, health officials are finding. They're seeing an increase in flu complications leading to pneumonia.

People listen with their skin, not just their ears. Air puffs delivered to volunteers' hands or necks at critical times alter their ability, for better or worse, to hear certain speech sounds, a new study finds.

TWO patients who were infected by a swine flu mutation that was also recently detected in Norway have died in France, health officials say.

Members also signal that they may cap dispensaries to between 70 and 200. The council plows through 50 proposed changes to its medical marijuana ordinance.

AP Breaking News Video BY ALEX DOTY In the spirit of the giving season, area residents and even Grand Haven city employees flocked to the Grand Haven Community Center Wednesday to donate their blood to the American Red Cross.

As they battle the holiday crowds this weekend, frazzled travelers at Chicago airports also will have the option of stopping to get protection against the swine flu virus.

MADISON - With the holidays arriving, the Colonial Crossroads Chapter of the American Red Cross has gift items that can be appreciated by anyone.

Having recently been reminded by the state to adhere to guidelines for vaccine prioritization, the Board of Health will hold an appointment-only swine flu clinic Dec. 5 for town children ages 3 to 18.

RALEIGH, NC - State lawmakers and attorneys are scrutinizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for its attempt to influence the national health care debate through direct mail and possibly illegal automated phone calls.

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.

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.

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.