Swine flu has been confirmed as the primary cause of death of a woman from Glasgow at the weekend. The Crown Office said a procurator fiscal had established that Jacqueline Fleming, 38, died of multiple organ failure brought on by the H1N1 virus.

As President Obama and Congress take on what the president in his American Medical Association speech called the "ticking time bomb" of health care costs, they need to know that they can't succeed without harnessing the massive data generated by modern ...

Upset with the US Food and Drug Administration, Zicam maker Matrixx Initiatives Inc. has withdrawn two of its cold remedy nasal products even though company officials maintain the products are safe.

By JANE ZHANG WASHINGTON -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved sweeping food-safety legislation Wednesday aimed at giving the Food and Drug Administration more power while requiring the food industry to do more to prevent contamination.

By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today LITTLE FALLS, NJ June 17 -- A medical device company and four of its executives have been indicted on charges of conducting unapproved clinical trials in which three patients died, according to the US ...

AP - June 17, 2009 5:15 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg says former Mayor Ed Koch is in excellent spirits despite his stay at a Manhattan hospital for heart trouble.

By CORNELIA DEAN The Environmental Protection Agency declared a public health emergency on Wednesday in and near Libby, Mont., where over the course of decades asbestos contamination in a vermiculite mine has left hundreds of people dead or sickened ...

Tired of the slow response from a San Fernando Valley-based health clinic where an adult film actress recently tested positive for HIV, state health and safety investigators Wednesday made a surprise inspection of the medical offices and will issue ...

The track at Goodman Middle School in Gig Harbor will get its annual pounding this weekend from walkers determined to battle cancer.

By BENEDICT CAREY One of the most celebrated findings in modern psychiatry - that a single gene helps determine one's risk of depression in response to a divorce, a lost job or another serious reversal - has not held up to scientific scrutiny, ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who happens to be a former governor of Kansas, and her sidekick, White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle, today announced the establishment of State Legislators for Health ...

By Trista Kelley and Albertina Torsoli June 17 (Bloomberg) -- Sanofi-Aventis SA will donate 100 million doses of swine-flu vaccine to the World Health Organization.

By Amanda MacMillan After years of speculation and rare case reports, a study suggests that stimulant medication -- mostly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- may have played a role in a handful of cases of sudden, ...

GREENSBORO, NC - More than 30 infants born prematurely at a North Carolina hospital are being given precautionary swine flu treatments after officials said Wednesday a respiratory therapist may have exposed them to the virus.

By D. Aileen Dodd More than 100 civic-minded Georgia school districts are standing in the gap to help keep kids from going hungry during the summer.

A cream used to treat the early signs of skin cancer may erase wrinkles and leave behind younger-looking skin, US researchers said on Monday.