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As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available -- by using an immune booster called an adjuvant.

Swine flu: Is the worst behind us? Nov. 20: New numbers on reported swine flu cases show the epidemic may have reached its peak in the U.S. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.

WASHINGTON -- Ohio residents deemed most at risk for the H1N1 virus should have been vaccinated by now, and vaccination efforts now are focusing on a larger at-risk population, the state health director said.

A nurse walks by a triage tent that was set up outside of the emergency room at Sutter Delta Medical Center April 30, 2009 in Antioch, California.

A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a new "Travel Well" campaign just in time for the holidays.

When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

SYDNEY: You never consume trans fats, have reduced caffeine, and rarely eat cheese.

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Also Included In: Public Health Stroke A police officer who works the night shift, typically from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., already is at a disadvantage when it comes to getting a good "night's" sleep.

The Clay County Health Department will conduct another H1N1 vaccination clinic for county residents from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, at the Clay County Courthouse.

China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.

Vaccine makers praised the U.S. response to the swine flu pandemic on Wednesday but said regulatory delays and public suspicion have held up innovative ways to speed and stretch the U.S. influenza vaccine supply.

Pandemic H1N1 influenza "is here . . . in virtually the entire country," Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

In 10 years, half of adult Ohioans are expected to be obese, according to a new study to be released Tuesday, Nov.

Just days after announcing Americans are smoking more, the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed our health is worsening in another preventable way - the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases is climbing.

As a nationwide shortage of swine flu vaccine stretched into its sixth week, U.S. health officials defended how they handled the program, arguing that the roots of the shortage were beyond their control and that they had made the right decisions on matters they could affect.

Runny nose, fever, cough, even pneumonia -- the symptoms sound like swine flu but children hospitalized at one U.S. hospital in fact had a rhinovirus, better known as a common cold virus, doctors said on Tuesday.

Many people in the United States are still not being screened for high levels of so-called bad cholesterol, and when they are found to have it, are often never treated, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Last summer, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined who should receive the H1N1 vaccine when it became available -- including who should be given highest priority if there were limited doses.