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MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- US health officials said Monday that H1N1 swine flu infections appear to be on the wane nationally, even as the number of American children dying from the illness continues to rise.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A special, intensive early intervention program for toddlers with autism succeeded in boosting IQ along with children's language and social skills, a new study shows.

The bad news from a new study is that two thirds of store-bought chicken was found to be contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria.

RIYADH - Saudi King Abdullah on Monday ordered an inquiry into the catastrophic flash flood in Jeddah last week that killed at least 106 people and sparked a rare burst of public outrage.

Pay attention: The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" - better known as the Senate health care overhaul bill - is chock full of interesting but little publicized provisions affecting ...

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.

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 ...

PROVIDENCE, RI - Rep. Patrick Kennedy says all people deserve health care because they are "children of God" in his first public appearance since escalating a public feud with Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop over abortion and health care.

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.

AP Business By ERICA WERNER AP writer WASHINGTON (AP) - An auto parts employee laid off from his job last year has been able to hang onto his health insurance because the federal government has picked up most of the tab.

"If the title alone doesn't get you, the images and stories will. Here are animals and humans, bonded together through the hardest of circumstances.

A middle school teacher in Wakefield has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. After being informed about the teachers' sickness, nurses and school administrators at the Galvin Middle School identified students and staff who may have had close ...

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.

“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.