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.

SWINE flu virus mutations are spreading in Europe, French health officials say as the World Health Organisation reported a leap in deaths from the disease by more than 1,000 in a week.

Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:48am EST - Singer Nick Jonas testifies at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing about Type 1 Diabetes Research on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2009.

The bluish haze that has hung over the Third Street Diner's bar and booths for decades finally lifts next month as a new anti-smoking law takes hold in Virginia, a huge shift for a state whose tobacco habit dates to the Jamestown settlement some 400 years ago.

Dr. David Boston from the Southwest Washington Medical Center gives advice to help people avoid caloric catastrophe this holiday season.

Every Tuesday, patients at Miami Children's Hospital get a visit from a foot-tall therapist who doesn't make them exercise or ask them how they feel.

Swine flu vaccine safe; new hope for cancer vaccine Nov. 25: U.S. health officials said Wednesday there's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects.

A backlash of mistrust By Ellen Goodman BOSTON - Is there such a thing as communications malpractice? If so, we might consider the case of Women vs.

RICK CALLAHAN Ind. directing more swine flu vaccine to college campuses to head off 3rd wave of H1N1 INDIANAPOLIS - INDIANAPOLIS a ' State health officials said Wednesday they are directing more swine flu vaccine to Indiana 's college campuses in hopes of preventing or reducing a third swine flu outbreak in the state early next year.

Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer has been hospitalized due to recurring symptoms from groin surgery in September.

Nov. 25 - A Pakistani court charged seven Pakistani suspects on terror charges connected to the Mumbai attacks a year ago.

U.S. health officials say there's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects.

Flu viruses mutate easily, and scientists have been closing watching for signs that the swine flu virus is changing, which could make it more dangerous or more infectious.

THE UPROAR over the on-again, off-again guidelines on when women should have mammograms is proof of the blindingly obvious: Health care reform that actually controls costs - rather than just pretending to do so - would be virtually impossible to achieve.

Bill Golden survived more than 20 years in the Army and another 30 in law enforcement.

Let us give thanks - and pass the Purell. Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving.

A Richmond Indiana family is taking Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to court. The family says the menopause drug, Prempro gave their mother breast cancer which then led to her death in 2005.

WASHINGTON - Holiday shoppers should look out for toy hazards such as small parts, loud sounds, soft plastics and lead contamination, consumer advocates warned Tuesday.

Medtronic reported a surprising 59 percent boost in second-quarter profit Tuesday, as increased sales of implantable heart devices defied reports of weakening demand from competitors.

The pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline says it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccine for fear it may trigger life-threatening allergies.