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Two dogs in Beijing have tested positive for swine flu in the second case of animals catching the disease in China along with pigs in the northeast, Chinese media said Sunday. The A(H1N1) virus detected in the dogs was 99...

Cats are easy targets, which is why Shukan Asahi took such a cheap shot at them in the banner headline of its print ads for the Dec...In the subhead, cat cafes were cited as "hotbeds of infection." The article itself...

Most of the people I know, myself included, have had extreme hardships due to the current state of health care in this nation. I have had my own personal struggles with medical bills, though I have never been without insurance....

A two-year-old baby girl in the southeastern city of Gimhae has been diagnosed as suffering from influenza A (H1N1) for a second time, health authorities here said Thursday. This is the first reported case in Korea of a person being...

Philippines�The Philippine government will receive a total of nine million doses of vaccines against the Influenza A (H1N1) virus from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the coming months. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and WHO Director General Margaret Chan...

A large analysis of the genes of 8,200 ethnic Chinese has revealed subtle genetic differences between inhabitants in northern China and southern China, and even between different Chinese dialect groups. Published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, the study...

Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms — have failed to contain the disease. Despite initially declaring success, Beijing now...

Comfort eating does ease anxiety and can work even years after a traumatic event, a new study suggests.

Jerry Narace and acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert were among several public officials who yesterday received their Influenza A/H1N1 vaccination. Opposition UNC MPs yesterday confirmed their vaccinations will take place on December 1 and 4.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Middle school students received shots Monday as part of the H1N1 vaccine campaign, resulting in several dozen students from Pingtung County being hospitalized. The 46 students from Wanluan Junior High School were reportedly sent to a nearby...