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BEIJING, Nov. 30 -- More than 20 young people with eye-catching AIDS labels on the backs of their shirts embraced passersby on Sunday in downtown Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, the West China City Daily reports.

DUBAI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The annual Muslim haj pilgrimage has ended without the major flu outbreak feared by some experts and with only five deaths from the H1N1 flu virus out of 73 recorded cases, the Saudi health minister said.

The Montgomery County Health Department will hold several immunization and blood pressure clinics in December. In addition to the regular immunizations, H1N1 vaccinations will be offered as long as supplies are available.

An intervention program called "Early Start Denver Model" emphasizes play therapy for very young children with autism. (CNN) -- Researchers have shown for the first time that if a child is diagnosed with autism as early as 18 ...

In response to this month's controversial announcement from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) - that routine breast cancer screening is no longer recommended for women between the ages of 40 and 49 - the American Cancer Society ...

The number of aging baby boomers diagnosed with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, says a new study, and spending on treatment may triple over the same period.

SHANGHAI, CHINA (AP) - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said ...

First of all, the Water Bureau says it's safe to drink your tap water again. But this weekend's E. coli scare prompted Mayor Sam Adams to propose a new idea that's sure to be controversial: creating a mandatory database of all Portlanders' cell phone ...

In this year of the H1N1 flu, Santa's gloves are coming off. The big guys in the red suits are telling each other to go barehanded at public events -- and to keep washing those hands as often as they can.

This year, lawmakers agreed to temporarily subsidize health insurance for laid-off workers, providing a big discount for coverage until they got back to work.

A new drug for seasonal flu from the house of giant drug-manufacturer Novartis, Agriflu has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

While the need for blood tends to rise during the holiday season, donations tend to fall. That's a paradox the the American Red Cross has been hoping to overcome, as it has held a ...

AP CALEXICO, Calif.—Federal authorities say they seized more than 6000 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $6 million hidden within a shipment of door knobs in a truck at the US-Mexico Border.

* The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center made a public announcement in October 2009 that it would close the 123-bed UPMC Braddock Hospital on January 31, 2010.

Mt. Pleasant #2 Missionary Baptist Church, 490 Stone Road, Pinson, will hold appreciation services for Pastor Jimmy L. Godwin at 11 am and 2 pm Sunday.

For many students, marijuana is a major part of their college life, a part that is not exactly condoned by the administration. But at Med Grow Cannabis College in Michigan, not only is marijuana condoned by the administration, it is the only subject ...