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WASHINGTON - With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama's signature domestic issue, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the health care reform legislation to advance is coming apart.

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.

Beginning Monday, an army of health teams will be deployed to public schools in Central Louisiana to administer the first round of swine flu vaccines to students who have parental consent to receive them.

Women across the USA have been shocked and angered by new advice to get fewer mammograms. Yet experts have been debating the risks of mammograms and other cancer screenings for more than a decade.

(Seattle, Nov. 30, 2009) - A novel early intervention program for very young children with autism - some as young as 18 months - is effective for improving IQ, language ability, and social interaction, a comprehensive new study has found.

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double over the next 25 years, rising from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034, according to a study by the University of Chicago.

By On Top Magazine Staff “Despite efforts to reduce the impact of HIV in the region, many of these factors have not been adequately addressed,” says the report.

Portland officials are no longer asking residents on the west side of the city to boil their water. As Rob Manning reports, test results Sunday were negative for e coli bacteria.

As Santa Claus comes to area towns, his rotund figure and annual night spent gorging on cookies and milk aren't his only health concerns.

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.

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

* 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.

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.

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 ...