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CDC: Nation on track for deadliest West Nile year
Health officials say they're convinced this will be the worst year for West Nile virus deaths and severe illnesses since the disease hit America's ...
Studies: Alzheimer drug may stabilize brain plaque
An experimental drug that failed to stop mental decline in Alzheimer's patients also signaled potential benefit that suggests it might help if given ...
Ga. woman battling flesh-eating disease talks
A Georgia woman who survived a rare fleshing-eating disease told Katie Couric she doesn't take life for granted anymore. Twenty-four-year-old ...
Wounded flood hospitals in Syria's largest city
It had been a calm day in Aleppo's Shifa Hospital, said Dr. Osman al-Haj Osman, his face etched with exhaustion from just three hours of sleep.
7 poisoned in Czech Republic by bootleg liquor
At least four more people have died in the Czech Republic after drinking bootleg alcohol tainted with toxic methanol, bringing the death toll to seven ...
Early test suggests dengue vaccine possible
Results from an early test of a dengue vaccine suggest it isn't ideal, but scientists say the study is still encouraging news in the global fight ...
Two-thirds of Indonesian men smoke, tops in world
Indonesian men rank as the world's top smokers, with two out of three of them lighting up in a country where cigarettes cost pennies and tobacco ...
In Portland, fluoride debate is ideological clash
It's a dental story told so often it borders on cliche. When someone moves to Portland from another state — and that's most people you meet in this ...
9/11 WTC health program adds 50 types of cancer
The federal government has added about 50 types of cancer to the list of Sept. 11 World Trade Center-related illnesses that will be covered by a ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH ...
Study: Placebo or not, acupuncture helps with pain
Acupuncture gets a thumbs-up for helping relieve pain from chronic headaches, backaches and arthritis in a review of more than two dozen studies — the ...
Govt urges new focus on preventing suicides
The Obama administration is urging a new focus on preventing suicides, especially among military veterans — and is beefing up the nation's crisis ...
AP Exclusive: Private school vaccine opt-outs rise
Parents who send their children to private schools in California are much more likely to opt out of immunizations than their public school ...
AP IMPACT: Surprising methods heal wounded troops
Scientists are growing ears, bone and skin in the lab, and doctors are planning more face transplants and other extreme plastic surgeries. Around the ...
Indian hospital hires bouncers to deter attacks
Pradeep Kumar, a muscular man in shades and tattoos, pulls up on a motorcycle, ready for his job as a bouncer. Not at a nightclub, but at another ...
NH attorney says med tech spread hepatitis in 2008
A New Hampshire attorney says a client contracted hepatitis C from a traveling hospital worker two years earlier than has been previously alleged he ...
Ebola outbreak kills 15 in eastern Congo
An outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 15 people in northeastern Congo and the local communities are quickly learning how frighteningly deadly the ...
Testosterone marketing frenzy draws skepticism
"Are you falling asleep after dinner?" "Do you have a decrease in libido?" "Have you noticed a recent deterioration in your ability to play sports?" ...
Ebola outbreak spreads in eastern Congo, kills 15
Local authorities in eastern Congo say that the population lack of information on Ebola and the traditional practice of washing corpses before ...
Millions in SF health fees don't go to workers
Restaurants and other businesses in this food-loving tourist mecca collected almost $14 million dollars in extra fees last year from their patrons, ...
Ebola virus spreads in eastern Congo
Officials in eastern Congo say the Ebola epidemic has spread to a second center after a woman was contaminated during the funeral of a victim of the ...
Hanks, Roberts among stars on 'Stand up to Cancer'
Cancer is big, but so are the celebrities determined to help conquer it. Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sofia ...
Ryan: Don't interfere with legalized medical pot
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says the federal government shouldn't interfere with states that have legalized medical marijuana.
Aide: Rep. Jackson home after depression treatment
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to his home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic, Jackson's chief of staff in suburban ...
Tough task for those compensating ill 9/11 workers
Sheila Birnbaum is known in legal circles across New York as the "queen of torts" for her prowess in sorting out complicated cases. But she may be up ...