United States of America Health News

Remarks on The Administration's Efforts on HIV/Aids 30 November 2009 document The following statement was delivered by the U.S.

The low turnout for this week's H1N1 flu vaccine clinics in Davis County is a stark contrast to the early days, when residents stood in long lines. The Davis County Health Department has 9,000 shots or nasal spray doses available...

Skiff Medical Center and Jasper County Public Health will host an H1N1 vaccination clinic from 4 to 7 p.m. on Dec...The clinic will be in the Skiff Specialty Clinic on the main level of the Ross Medical Arts Building, 300...

That's more where the future is taking us than a traditional convention center," she said. "Private enterprise is leading the way and putting skin in the game. I don't think it necessarily follows that you build the convention center we've...

H1N1 flu is going down, but it's far from gone and only time will tell what the rest of the flu season will bring, a U.S. health official said Tuesday. Dr. Thomas Frieden , director for the Centers for Disease...

Santarus Inc. said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter heartburn medication Zegerid that uses its technology, triggering a $20 million milestone payment to the biotech company. Shares of Santarus rose 23% to $5.29 a share in after-hours...

L oneliness is contagious and expressing it can make us even more isolated, according to new research from Harvard, the University of Chicago and the University of California-San Diego. Looking at a longitudinal study of more than 12,000 people, the...

The findings apply only to high-risk women, and not to women of average risk for breast cancer, but they may fuel confusion among women in the United States about the risks and benefits of mammography screening. Last month, the U.S....

Thanks to “ The Biology Behind the Milk of Human Kindness ” (Basics, Nov. 24), I now realize why some of my fellow musicians felt compelled to become conductors, and why some of my comrades in the Marine Corps became...

Four El Paso, Texas, school districts and the University of Texas-El Paso said Tuesday classes were delayed due to the threat of snow. Forecasters had predicted heavy snow overnight and through Tuesday afternoon, with 4 to 8 inches expected, the...