United States of America Health News

U.S. health authorities have made pregnant women one of the highest priority groups for getting the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, but is it actually safe for pregnant women and their babies? Well, the truth is that miscarriage reports from pregnant...

Elizabeth Lehmann didn't know exactly what to expect when she took her 3-year-old son, Noah, to get his swine flu shot. But as it turned out, it wasn't much different than grabbing a hamburger at the drive-through at McDonald's ....

A new mutation of the swine flu, H1N1, a variant, in which the virus uses D225G as a receptor binding domain, causes bleeding in the lungs. Another H1N1 mutation results in the resistance to treatment with antiviral medication. With flu...

An official World Health Organization press release is warning that there could be a "reassortment" in which the H1N1 flu combines with the H5N1 virus to produce a completely new strain . A top Chinese scientist is warning that if...

Many patients need another service they're even less likely to get than routine prescription counseling: medication therapy management. This review of all the medications a patient is taking -- including over-the-counter medications, herbal products and dietary supplements, as well as...