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When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.

Embryonic stem cells and reprogrammed skin cells are clearly distinguishable Researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles have shown that there are certain molecular differences between embryonic stem cells and skin cells skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells.

Charles Krauthammer's column on the Supreme Court ruling on the Ricci case, discrimination, and the Civil Rights Act WASHINGTON --The Supreme Court's ruling in the Ricci case--that white firemen suffered illegal discrimination when a promotional test on which they did well was thrown out because not enough blacks did well--will...

Federal Government's report into smoking aims to drastically cut the number of smokers in Australia.

As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate.

The agent for "Harry Potter" star Rupert Grint says the actor is recovering from a mild case of swine flu.

New Zealand has recorded its first deaths linked to swine flu, with authorities reporting Saturday that three people who died in the past week had the virus.

It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law.

As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health.

Federal authorities say a former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic.