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First, it was the mammogram test this week. An independent medical group stated that women under 40 did not need yearly routine mammograms. When legitimate groups such as the AMA heard about this, they all rejected the notion that women...

British case of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu spreading from person to person. Doctors have already come across several strains of the virus that do not respond to anti-viral drugs like Tamiflu...It came as Scotland's swine flu death toll...

Democrats are confident they have the votes to move health care reform forward in the Senate Saturday night when it faces its first crucial vote. Democratic leaders have been working their members hard to guarantee the 60 votes needed for...

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health said Friday that it has found a mutated version of the H1N1 virus in three patients in Norway, two of whom died. The institute suggested this is normal and "most of these mutations will...

H1N1 vaccine fears easing; health dept. plans clinic Dec. Register Editor Fears about the H1N1 vaccine are easing in Madison County, according to Christie Green, spokesperson for the health department. The department has distributed more than 5,000 doses of the...

When it comes to paying for healthcare reform, Americans see only one way to go: Tax the rich. That finding from a new Associated Press poll will be welcome news for House Democrats, who proposed doing just that in their...

The total number of people with influenza who visited doctors during the week through last Sunday marked an upturn on a weekly basis, estimated at 1.64 million people across the country, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Friday. The...

Everybody in Saskatchewan will be able to roll up their sleeves for the H1N1 vaccination beginning next week. The province's deputy chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, and Health Minister Don McMorris made the announcement at the HealthLine call...

Influenza cases are down in some parts of the United States, but 43 states are still reporting activity, health officials said Friday. "Even if things do get better and better over the next several weeks, we look at that 1957...

As the number of people with swine flu rises fast, the authorities have been defending their immunisation plan which began this week for at-risk groups. Up to 27 per cent of the general public are expected to get vaccinated. The...