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The United States is giving South Africa $120 million for AIDS treatment drugs in response to a plea from President Jacob Zuma that underlines his new approach to fighting the epidemic in the country with the world's heaviest AIDS burden. 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

Let us give thanks _ and pass the Purell. Read More

The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said. Read More

China has detected eight cases of swine flu mutation, a health official said Wednesday, amid longstanding concerns among scientists that the virus could change into a more dangerous form. Read More

Just as the swine flu pandemic seems to be waning around the country, some health officials are worried that Thanksgiving gatherings could lead to more infections. So the government has launched a new travel-health campaign. Read More

Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 doses of swine flu vaccine while authorities investigate reports of allergic reactions among recipients, drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday. Read More