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  1. A nurse holds up a bottle of the vaccine against H1N1 influenza at a hospital in Guanajuato November 25, 2009. Guanajuato has received 23,400 doses and will start with the vaccination programme for patients and workers most at risk on November 26. REUTERS/Mario Armas (MEXICO POLITICS HEALTH)
    CDC: Swine flu vaccine safe; no big problems seen AP - Wed Nov 25, 4:32 PM ET

    ATLANTA - There's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, in their first report on the safety of the new vaccine.

  2. A traveler wheels luggage past one of many hand sanitizer dispensers hung on walls at Logan International Airport in Boston Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Thanksgiving is typically followed by at least a modest bump in early seasonal flu cases, according to reports from the past few years. But this, of course, is not a typical year. Swine flu is a new virus that accounts for nearly all flu cases right now. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
    CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu AP - Wed Nov 25, 9:52 AM ET

    ATLANTA - Let us give thanks — and pass the Purell.

  3. Fertility treatment may produce fewer baby boys Reuters - Wed Nov 25, 10:43 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of baby boys conceived by a fertility treatment known as ICSI may be lower than what is produced by Mother Nature, a new study suggests.

  4. UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China AP - Wed Nov 25, 1:06 AM ET

    SHANGHAI - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.

  5. Pilgrims attending the hajj walk on flooded streets during heavy rains in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The heaviest rainstorms to hit Islam's annual hajj in years soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites and added an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo)
    Islam's hajj: rain and fears of swine flu AP - Wed Nov 25, 4:43 PM ET

    JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions — umbrellas and face masks — as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.

  6. One in Four Teen Girls Have STDs HealthDay - Mon Nov 23, 11:48 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- As many as one in four U.S. teenage girls have had a sexually transmitted disease (STD), many infected soon after their first sexual encounter, a new government report shows.

  7. Q&A: Dennis Sewell on Charles Darwin's Dark Legacy Time.com - Wed Nov 25, 5:55 AM ET

    On the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, political journalist Dennis Sewell talks to TIME about how the naturalist's big idea has been harnessed for sinister ends

  8. City workers walk through London's Canary Wharf. Men who bottle up frustrations about unfair treatment at work are twice as likely to have a heart attack, a study suggests.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)
    Stifled Anger at Work Doubles Men's Risk for Heart Attack HealthDay - Tue Nov 24, 11:48 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Men who bottle up their anger over unfair treatment at work could be hurting their hearts, a new Swedish study indicates.

  9. China reports 8 cases of mutated swine flu virus AP - Wed Nov 25, 11:45 AM ET

    BEIJING - China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it.

  10. Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)
    Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn AP - Wed Nov 25, 4:29 AM ET

    BRUSSELS - Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.

  11. Traffic, Dust Linked to Asthma in Kids HealthDay - Tue Nov 24, 11:48 PM ET

    TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Infants exposed to outdoor traffic pollution and indoor endotoxin are at increased risk for asthma, researchers say.

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