Health

The news that Taiwan will be participating in the World Health Assembly under the name Chinese Taipei came from the island's president and is received simultaneously as humiliatin...

Cathedral-Carmel School in Lafayette closed Wednesday after five sick students tested positive for a virus that accompanies the swine flu, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday. Jindal said sc...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota is prepared to respond to a swine flu outbreak, state health leaders say, but the first probable case was a “wake-up call.” Public health leaders attempted to r...

OKLAHOMA CITY – An advocacy group criticized legislative leaders Tuesday for what it described as a host of bills that help the health insurance industry at the expense of consumers. Dr...

World health authorities have said measles deaths have dropped significantly world-wide. But federal health officials say the disease has been resurgent in the U.S., with ne...

WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sebelius won Senate committee approval as health secretary over Republican opposition Tuesday, putting her on track for a final Senate vote in coming days. Her exp...

With fewer than 10 days remaining before the six-week Hood Canal bridge closure, local health care advocates are telling Olympic Peninsula residents help is only a phone call away. Staffe...

The state’s health insurance industry is pushing for creation of a new state commission to analyze proposals for new insurance coverage mandates before they are considered by the Legisl...

Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, told a Senate Finance Committee’s health