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After a lethal bird flu virus emerged in Asia, US officials launched an intense effort to build new defenses against a pandemic, including replacing an antiquated vaccine system, which depends on millions of chicken eggs.

Last week, the US Preventive Services Task Force published new guidelines that recommended against routine mammography screening for women in their 40s and less-frequent screening for older women at average risk of developing breast cancer.

A jury awarded $28 million in punitive damages in Pennsylvania state court Monday to a plaintiff who claimed her use of Pfizer Inc.'s hormone-therapy drugs caused breast cancer.

What could be done to prevent another Vioxx? This pain medication for arthritis became a blockbuster after its introduction in 1999, only to be taken off the market in 2004 when a study linked the drug to an increased risk of heart ...

More than two million Muslims are braving the threat from swine flu to make this year's Hajj pilgrimage. Concerns about the spread of the virus swine flu are dominating the religious event.

It's been a tough 10 years for corporate America, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the nation's biggest health care firms.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Children may face a high risk of attention deficit hyper activity disorder, or ADHD, if they are exposed to tobacco smoke before being born or to lead during their childhood, a new study shows.

AP LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council will consider provisions to a proposed medical marijuana ordinance they have struggled with for two years.

CHICAGO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - When consumer advertising began for the popular blood-thinner Plavix, Medicaid insurance programs for the poor and disabled spent millions more on the drug, even though the ads did not tempt doctors to write more ...

More than 180 million people worldwide have diabetes, according to the World Health Organization. In 2005, an estimated 1.1 million people died from the disease.

Inside an unremarkable three-story office building near Santana Row, Richard Noonan waited last week in the San Jose Cannabis Buyers Collective lobby for the marijuana he uses to treat symptoms of palsy.

The Colorado Board of Health on Monday postponed a critical hearing on medical marijuana scheduled for next month. The board had been slated to re-examine its definition of a medical-marijuana "caregiver" at a hearing Dec. 16.

Starting today, any motorist with a passenger younger than 8 who is not restrained by a booster seat or other child-restraint system will be violating state law.

Seven yet-to-be-named appointees would decide how to run the hospital and whom to hire. Outpatients wait in the lobby of the clinic that operates at the Martin Luther King Jr.

Parents should find a much safer selection when they go hunting for toys this holiday season. That's because the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act that took effect earlier this year aimed to limit phthalates and lead levels in toys.

Preparations for Thanksgiving Day vary from household to household as families plan to share a special meal on the national holiday.

The recent FDA release of preliminary data from the first large-scale, randomized, cardiovascular outcome trial ever conducted for the treatment of obesity comes as a shock.