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The death toll from floods in Saudi Arabia has reached 103, after the country experienced its heaviest rainfall in years. 30/11/09 Please wait while we detect your connection speed.

The shortage of doses has led to confrontations with patients who insist on getting it when they find their doctor has some. By Marc Siegel The Unreal World With the unanticipated shortage of the new H1N1 swine flu vaccine, my life as a practicing ...

There are more than 17000 Australians now living with the HIV virus, and here are a brave handful. The five reside across Sydney, but they are just like people who are living with HIV in every Australian state.

Women's breasts are not the usual topic of public discourse in Washington, at least not outside the context of a scandal. But for the past few weeks, the question of when women should be screened for ...

A new study published in the journal Diabetes Care this week concludes that the rate of diabetes will double in the next 25 years and the costs of dealing with this epidemic will triple over the same period.

SHANGHAI, CHINA (AP) - 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 ...

By KATU.com Staff and News Wires PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Water Bureau will hold a joint press conference at 5 pm Sunday to announce the results of new tests at Washington Park's E. coli-contaminated open-air reservoir.

While the need for blood tends to rise during the holiday season, donations tend to fall. That's a paradox the the American Red Cross has been hoping to overcome, as it has held a ...

A new drug for seasonal flu from the house of giant drug-manufacturer Novartis, Agriflu has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Here's how to participate in the Post-Tribune's Empty Stocking Fund collection drive, which helps low-income families through the local Boys & Girls Clubs.

After casting a crucial vote on the health debate, US Sen. Blanche Lincoln didn't return to the break she may have wanted when she came home to Arkansas.

When Paul Carroll lost his job in January, he and his wife, Kate, had a difficult, expensive choice: Do they keep their health insurance through his former employer, even though it would mean bearing the full cost of ...

(CNN) -- It's everywhere you look -- in schools, in shopping malls, in day care centers, in offices. Hand sanitizer has become ubiquitous after the outbreak of the novel H1N1 flu virus.

Mt. Pleasant #2 Missionary Baptist Church, 490 Stone Road, Pinson, will hold appreciation services for Pastor Jimmy L. Godwin at 11 am and 2 pm Sunday.

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria), 2 Political Junkies They'll be a protest today at UPMC headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh to demand that Braddock Hospital stay open.