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By Sang Tan, AP By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY The momentum of the H1N1 flu outbreak has fallen off, but flu activity is still high and Tamiflu-resistant virus may have begun to spread.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims crowd the roads toward the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Mecca, Saudi Arabian (CNN) -- A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, ...

Some women's health experts are worried that new guidelines for cervical cancer screening will get lost in the loud debate over breast cancer testing.

Today, we offer vignettes of opinions from people concerning the health care reform debate taking place in Washington, DC We undertook this project because health care and the reform of it affects each of us in many ways.

DURHAM -- The Durham County Health Department will offer more clinics at expanded times for giving H1N1 (swine) flu vaccines. Beginning this week and continuing through December, H1N1 vaccination clinics will be Tuesdays and Thursdays ...

As families prepare to gobble up turkey and all the trimmings for Thanksgiving, local organizations are preparing for crowds who won't have a meal at home or anyone to share the holiday.

Health Care Reform Act, the battle lines have been drawn between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate as each group takes up its banner in defense of or opposition to this historic bill.

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the most sweeping anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years, prohibits employers from hiring or firing based on a person's genetic makeup.

Health officials say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients. Five patients on a unit treating people with severe underlying health conditions at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, ...

AP PHILADELPHIA - Officials say more than a dozen people are hurt and many more are homeless after a blaze at a northeastern Philadelphia apartment complex.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents cast a tie vote on human embryonic stem cell research on Friday, defeating a rare effort to limit such research at a university system beyond what state and federal laws allow.

Linda Tolkin went for yearly mammograms and conducted self-examinations regularly before she discovered she had Stage 3 breast cancer.

A group of people waiting to share a holiday meal began gathering by the church as volunteers inside prepared to open the doors. Helpers arranged the pumpkin pie and the proud cooks stood ready ...

Stefanie Spielman, the wife of former NFL linebacker Chris Spielman, is being remembered this weekend by the football community as a woman who fiercely battled breast cancer until her death Thursday at the age of 42.

The necklaces spilling out of plastic bags looked like Mardi Gras beads, but a color-coded chart told a different, less festive story.

Klondyke Gospel Music Center, 3885 Highway 123 S. between Newton and Ozark, will host Gospel-in-Song of Opp, Nov. 21; Perfect Peace of Alexander City, Nov. 27; Ray Holliday of Palm Bay, Fla.

The Fayette County Health Department will be giving out free H1N1 vaccinations at two locations in Lexington. The first clinic will be at the Lexington Christian Academy.