| ATLANTA (AP) -- The percentage of Americans who don't have private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in 2008, down from 67 percent the year before, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is -- so far -- more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- An order of onion rings at Carl's Jr. has always had 530 calories. The difference on Wednesday was that customer Jessica Coe was legally entitled to that information -- and she ordered the onion rings anyway.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say the number of U.S. swine flu cases has reached nearly 34,000, and deaths rose 34 percent in the past week to hit 170.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
ADELPHI, Md. (AP) -- Government experts say the maximum dose listed for Tylenol and dozens of other painkillers should be reduced to help curb deadly overdoses.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Imagine every time you started to speak, you were overcome with a fit of coughing.
(USA TODAY) -- Excessive newborn crying, also known as colic, can be one of the greatest tests of a parent's love -- and sanity.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A potential fall swine flu immunization campaign may involve an unprecedented 600 million doses of vaccine, but health officials are still trying to figure out how to find enough workers to administer all those shots.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) - A new study suggests children and adolescents who are physically abused have a greater chance of developing cancer later in life than those who are not abused.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Each day, skeleton crews of doctors, nurses and pharmacists field almost 900 calls a day around California from people such as a mother whose child swallowed flea repellant and an elderly man who accidentally doubled up on his medication.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The government declared an end to a shortage of a childhood vaccine that protects against bacterial meningitis, pneumonia and other serious infections.
(USA TODAY) -- The government's latest snapshot of air pollution across the nation shows residents of New York, Oregon and California faced the highest risk of developing cancer from breathing toxic chemicals.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Puzzling new research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Scrapes and bruises aren't all that kids are getting at summer camp this year.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- If you went by statements from the pharmaceutical industry, you might be tempted to think it was nearly time to roll up your sleeve for a swine flu shot.
WASHINGTON (USA TODAY) -- An overhaul of the nation's health care system could help do away with one of the most aggravating and expensive experiences for millions of individuals and small businesses: shopping for insurance on the open market.
WASHINGTON (Content Works) -- President Barack Obama signed a memorandum yesterday opening up benefits to same-sex couples and forbidding discrimination in the federal workplace.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- As the hottest months of summer approach, dermatologists say people need to take extra precautions when working and having fun in the sun.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- This fall, getting vaccinated against H1N1 flu might be as simple as going back to school.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- The antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza are relatively safe for use in pregnant and breastfeeding women, say the authors of review of data that includes previously unpublished evidence.
CHICAGO (AP) -- The gym at Eberhart Elementary School is bright and spacious -- with high ceilings, several basketball hoops, even a large, colorful climbing wall.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Nearly 5,000 new U.S. swine flu cases have been reported in the last week, due partly to its continuing spread in the Northeast.
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday -- the first global flu epidemic in 41 years -- as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere climbed to nearly 30,000 cases.
NEW YORK (AP) -- As early as last August, the swine flu virus may have been spreading among people -- long before it was first recognized in April, scientists reported Thursday.
(Associated Press) -- Flu pandemics -- epidemics on a global scale -- have struck three times in the 20th century and once in the 21st century, varying widely in their severity. Here's a look at the world's flu pandemics.
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials say they won't need to change their response now that swine flu has been declared a pandemic.
(Content Works) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) says swine flu has now spread to 73 countries, with 139 deaths from the disease since it was first detected in April.
(USA TODAY) -- Children of parents with anxiety disorders are up to seven times more likely than others to develop anxiety problems themselves, research shows, and children of depressed parents also are at high risk for becoming depressed.
(The New York Times News Service) -- You know the drill. You schlep to the doctor's office and wait for what seems like hours -- despite having an appointment. As the time ticks away, your frustration level rises, along with the number of other commitments you are missing.
LOS ANGELES (The New York Times News Service) -- Potentially joining a growing group of cities and counties in California that have banned smoking in public areas, Los Angeles County supervisors are set to vote Tuesday whether to ban or limit smoking at county parks and golf courses.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eating for two? New guidelines are setting how much weight women should gain during pregnancy -- surprisingly little if they're already overweight.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Diabetes is spiraling in Asia but -- unlike the West -- those affected are relatively young and less likely to be struggling with obesity, a new study shows.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- Children whose parents refuse to have them immunized are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough, according to a study that is perhaps the most definitive yet linking vaccine refusal to disease.
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