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Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon, opening a new era for the potentially life-saving field. Read More

A robotic hand has been successfully connected to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, a group of European scientists said Wednesday. Read More

South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS. Read More

U.S. health regulators have warned Tyson Foods about unsanitary conditions at a Texas plant that makes seafood soups. Read More

Consumers are increasingly turning to the Web to compare medical fees as the economy and less generous health benefits squeeze household budgets. Read More

Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries. Read More

Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday. Read More

Learning anatomy with cadavers is a centuries-old rite of passage that once again is getting a face-lift as medical schools struggle to mix this core knowledge with an explosion of new information from the genetics revolution. Read More

Color-coded denim cloths cover the row upon row of black body bags atop cold metal tables. Blue means a body that eventually will go into a common grave. Tan, the family wants those remains back for burial, eventually. Read More

The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis. Read More

People infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said Monday. Read More

Some common strategies employers are using or planning to limit the spread of swine flu among their work force and keep operations going normally: Read More

Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question: Read More

The estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood. Read More

The young invincibles. That's what the insurance industry calls them. Read More

Thousands of drivers on the nation's roads don't carry auto insurance, despite laws in all but two states requiring it. Critics of President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan ask: What are the chances scofflaws will treat a requirement to carry health insurance any differently? Read More

Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult _ including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year _ over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday. Read More

The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease. Read More

There's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, in their first report on the safety of the new vaccine. Read More

China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it. Read More