It is during public health crises like these that we are reminded of the grave consequences of our country's failure to let workers earn paid sick days.

GENEVA — The World Health Organization declared the swine flu pandemic officially over Tuesday, months after many national authorities started c...

GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization says swine flu is still a pandemic even though the period of most intense activity appears to...

The only preventative measures that actually prevent disease are vaccinations. Our world is an immeasurably better place since the advent of vaccines.

I remember telling an acquaintance about how fortunate I felt for having such an easy baby. The woman looked at me and said, "It's not luck. God only gives us what we can handle."

Charles Darwin's 201st birthday is today. It's worth celebrating not only because of his great contributions to science, but also because of the practical ways his theory of evolution has improved medicine.

ATLANTA (AP) -- One U.S. expert said the H1N1 epidemic has "one foot in the grave," and there are many reasons to believe there won't be another wave ...

Less than half of the swine-flu vaccine expected to be shipped to doctors, hospitals and clinics in the U.S. this month has been shipped so far. The d...

My son came down with H1N1 when we were on vacation in Chile. It is not an exaggeration to say I have never been so terrified in my life.