World Health News

Many are cutting back on spending these uncertain economic times. An economic shortcut we take in our household actually improves what we eat in multiple ways. Breakfast cereals can be costly, and granola is especially expensive. Making it yourself saves...

No sooner had Senator Blanche Lincoln promised to deliver one crucial vote in support of a health care overhaul than she threatened to withhold the next one.Her clear warning that she would oppose the Democratic plan in its current form...

(CBS) China has imposed some of the toughest measures in the world to prevent the spread of swine flu. But many wonder whether or not they are working as well as the government claims, reports CBS News Correspondent Celia Hatton...

Those who have been prescribed marijuana by their doctors can now enjoy it with coffee in the first ever Cannabis restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Only – they have to remain away from prying eyes! Doctors prescribe marijuana to patients of...

H1N1 is spreading like crazy here in the United States, but it is also a risk to get the vaccination. I have heard of someone from our town losing 2 of her babies because of complications with the vaccine. I...

MECCA: A security official wearing a protective mask keeps an eye on cars at a checkpoint between Jeddah and Mecca before the annual Haj pilgrimage. Saudi authorities announced four pilgrims have died of the H1N1 swine flu virus in the...

ANKARA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- One more Turk died of A/H1N1 flu in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, bringing the total number of fatalities blamed on the virus to 94, a high-ranking official said. Kahramanmaras Governor Niyazi Tanilir said in a...

TUCSON, Ariz. - Health officials say a Pima County child has died of swine flu, the 10th swine flu death in the county this year. Pima County Health Department spokeswoman Patti Woodcock says the girl, who died Nov. 1, had...

You can infect others with the flu during the swine flu incubation period for one to two days before you feel any symptoms. How long H1N1 swine flu will last depends upon the strength of the attack pitted against the...