Georgia Health News

New York (CNN) -- In the rare cases when the H1N1 virus kills, scientists have found, it penetrates deep into the lungs, creating widespread damage -- a pattern similar to what killed millions during previous flu pandemics in 1918 and...

Archaeologists report that fruitcake is real old-fashioned, Biblical, and pre-Biblical, dating back to ancient Egypt and Sumeria. Fruitcake has been introduced by the diverse population living in ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago. The four main ingredients in ancient Egyptian/Levantine/Sumerian...

The weekly flu surveillance report released Friday, completed during flu season by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says 17 states reported regional influenza activity. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and six states reported local influenza activity.

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin said Thursday that the nation must reverse the downward trend of minorities attending medical, dental and nursing schools. "Unless the current trend is reversed, our country will see a growing ethnic and racial disconnect between those...

The swine flu has hit our home. We are all better now after 2 days of sickness. I thought it would be a lot worse, but after looking up information about H1N1 online while I was sick I relized that...