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A handful of Democratic senators are pushing to change pending health-care legislation so that it would help increase the country's stock of primary-care doctors, heeding warnings that the bill may exacerbate the difficulty some ...

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.

The Canton Health Department will have a free H1N1 flu vaccine drive from 10 am to 3 pm Saturday at the Stark County Fairgrounds at 305 Wertz Ave.

"As a general rule, almost everybody who knows about this is disregarding the recommendations," said Dr. David Johnston, a radiologist at Solis Women's Health, a clinic at Baylor All Saints Medical Center at ...

Listening is more than a matter of being “all ears.'' People can also hear with their skin, according to new research that deepens our understanding of the senses, showing they can work together but also override one another.

The Los Angeles mayor declines to say what the cap should be, but says it should be a level that can be adequately monitored by city officials and the Police Department.

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

Despite there being an entire country named Turkey, it's the yearly American Thanksgiving traditions that leads to a huge boost in Google searches for the term.

By Sue-Lyn Erbeck Special to the Tribune Bluesy riffs and jazzy notes offer a soothing counterpoint to the bustle within Chicago's airport terminals.

After you have given thanks, you can give the gift of life on Friday. The American Red Cross is holding its annual Tired of Turkey Days Blood Drive.

BANGOR, Maine - Dale Ruopp and her father Paul Ruopp started a new Thanksgiving tradition this year - giving blood. The Bangor residents heard about the annual American Red Cross' blood drive on the news Thursday morning and on the ...

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.

Keystone, CO - Skiing is a lifestyle for the nine women on the K2 Alliance team who spend weeks on snow each season testing new products and advising K2 how to design and market skis for women.

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.

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.

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.