HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls

New MERS virus spreads easily, deadlier than SARS

Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude....

Medicare: Cost-saving changes coming for diabetics
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar - but it also may cause some confusion as patients figure out the new system....

Nonprofit launches campaign to reach uninsured
CHICAGO (AP) -- A nonprofit group helping to spread the word about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul launched a campaign Tuesday that will target states with high numbers of uninsured Americans and tackle their skepticism with straightforward messages....

Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
GORAKHPUR, India (AP) -- A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade....

Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent
ATLANTA (AP) -- Fewer U.S. adults are smoking, a new government report says....

Report: Slowdown in health care costs to continue
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause....

To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
NEW YORK (AP) -- By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery....

Gender report of Shah Rukh Khan baby investigated
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Health officials in Mumbai are investigating reports that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his wife know the sex of a baby they are having through a surrogate mother....