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HIV rates seem to be declining, according to a new study, but the best improvements seem to be in developing countries. A mother and child wait to receive treatment at the HIV clinic in Nyagasambu, Rwanda, February 14, 2008.

Knowledge is power, unless that knowledge comes with so much baggage that it becomes crippling. Such is the trouble with many cancer and health screening tests.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- The Hajj, an obligatory pilgrimage for Muslims, began this year on Wednesday with two twists: thinner crowds and heavy rain.

ABC News Senior Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser said people in the US need not worry -- the vaccine implicated in these reactions is not licensed for use in the United States.

WASHINGTON -- Americans could pay billions of dollars more in new taxes for a few years before they're likely to see significant change in the nation's health care system under legislation that Congress is considering.

Hospital outpatient settings are grappling with a rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that has doubled between 1999 and 2006, an increase caused almost entirely by community-acquired bacteria strains, according to a new CDC report.

The toy industry welcomes the added attention toy safety gets from the news media and consumers at this time of year. Reports from the federal government's US Consumer Product Safety Commission and consumer groups such as the Public Interest Research ...

A new Novartis AG vaccine plant in North Carolina is supposed to boost the US's ability to fight pandemics like the current swine-flu virus.

By REUTERS The Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services launched a special strike force in Miami in 2007 to combat Medicare fraud in South Florida and similar units have been set up in Los Angeles, Houston and Detroit.

A new study suggests that evidence linking heart risks to Vioxx, the Merck arthritis drug pulled from the market in 2004, was apparent in 2000, Health Day reports.

Older people who report pain are also more likely to get injured in a fall, according to a new study. Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts-Boston followed about 750 people older than 70 for 18 months.

Tomorrow many Americans will prepare and indulge in the annual Thanksgiving feast of turkey, gravy, stuffing and all the trimmings.

Nov. 23, 2009 -- Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke and childhood exposure to lead are linked to increased risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD) in children, a new study shows.

Pfizer has been ordered to pay a total of $103 million in punitive damages to two women who were found to have breast cancer after they used hormonal drugs, state court officials in Philadelphia said Monday.

The cost of diabetes to the US economy has increased 32 percent since 2002, or $8 billion a year, reaching $174 billion in 2007, according to the American Diabetes Association.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Medical marijuana shops in Los Angeles can still accept cash after the city council worked to avoid tying the word "sale" to the dispensaries.