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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.

There were about 17% fewer new infections worldwide in 2008, compared with 2001, but fewer than half of those infected began treatment, a World Health Organization and UNAIDS report says.

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.

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 ...

SINGAPORE, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday that the 2009 A/H1N1 vaccine is now ready to be rolled out to children and young adults aged from 10 years old to 18 years old.

JAB: Dr Ken Aswani is encouraging people to get the Swine Flu jab. Picture by Mark Cleveland By Martyn Dolton gps across the borough have been inundated with requests from locals wanting the Swine Flu jab.

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

From left to right, Senators Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Olympia Snowe of Maine say that containing costs is among their highest priorities in health care reform.

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.

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.

Officials with the American Red Cross are urging Louisville-area residents to remember blood donations over the holiday weekend. Red Cross spokesperson Karen Stecher says donations typically drop-off while people are enjoying food, football and parades ...

Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. says it is looking into building a cell-based vaccine manufacturing plant in the US to produce seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines.

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.

(Chicago, IL) -- Researchers say there's a link between consumer advertising and an increase in health care costs. Their study suggests that while ads might not directly boost the number of prescriptions, they play a role in influencing the cost of ...

A Pennsylvania state court ruled in favor yesterday of an Illinois woman who claimed that hormone therapy drugs she had taken gave her breast cancer.

A group of volunteer Santas wants the same swine flu vaccination priority as health care workers and teachers. The 200 members of "Santa America" visit sick and traumatized children during the holiday season and need to be protected against kids who ...