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LONDON - Drug giant glaxosmithkline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries.

As the Senate opened debate Monday on a landmark plan to overhaul the nation's health-care system, congressional budget analysts said the measure would leave premiums unchanged or slightly lower for the vast majority of Americans, ...

It can spread among groups of people and women are more likely than men to become "infected", according to researchers at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard.

Two dogs in Beijing have tested positive for the 2009 H1N1 influenza, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, which cited the Xinhua News Agency on Nov. 28.

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A special, intensive early intervention program for toddlers with autism succeeded in boosting IQ along with children's language and social skills, a new study shows.

PROVIDENCE - In his first press conference since Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of the Catholic Diocese of Providence criticized him for disclosing a confidential request to stop receiving Holy Communion because of his stand on moral issues, ...

The bad news from a new study is that two thirds of store-bought chicken was found to be contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria.

NEW YORK - CVS Caremark Corp., the operator of more than 7000 US drugstores, was accused by Connecticut of selling expired products, less than a month after the company settled a similar suit with New York.

For young women who have a high risk of breast cancer because of genetic mutations or family history, the radiation from yearly mammograms may make the risk even higher, researchers reported at a radiology conference on Monday.

(rttnews) - Saudi Arabia has ordered an inquiry into the catastrophic flash-flood following last Wednesday's three-inch rainfall in Jeddah that killed more than 106 people and sparked a rare burst of public outrage against the inability of the city's ...

CHICAGO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the long-term risk of cancer, ...

More California students cast aside their couch potato ways in 2009 and scored better in annual physical fitness tests than in recent years.

Nashville's existing convention center could become a 15-story medical trade center buzzing with health-care innovations and brimming with visitors - and steering some business to a new convention ...

Seniors have until the end of the year to switch Medicare drug plans to get a better deal. But many will pass up the chance to save hundreds of dollars a year in prescription costs.

It all started when a medical supply created a new line of hospital gloves -- in pink. Hospital workers at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center appeared in a video on YouTube wearing pink gloves and dancing to the song "Down" by Jay ...