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  1. 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.

  2. U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question during a joint news conference with Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing
    Oprah to visit White House for Christmas special Reuters - Wed Nov 25, 8:00 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The queen of daytime will interview the president of the United States during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama.

  3. 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.

  4. ER Visits for Elderly Rise During Thanksgiving HealthDay - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Thanksgiving is a time of eating turkey, gathering with family -- and sometimes taking your elderly loved one to the emergency room.

  5. 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.

  6. Implantable Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise HealthDay - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A cancer vaccine delivered in a fingernail-size implant eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, a new study reports.

  7. NY couple charged with forcing woman into sex work AP - Wed Nov 25, 7:21 PM ET

    NEW YORK - A young woman from Mexico was smuggled over the border and forced to work as a prostitute for years in Brooklyn, and the remains of an infant were found in concrete at the home where she was held prisoner, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

  8. A nurse at a clinic in Harare. Zimbabwe's ailing public health system will receive a 180 million US dollar boost to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from the Global Fund, state media reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)
    Global Fund grant to boost Zimbabwe health system AFP - Wed Nov 25, 12:21 PM ET

    HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's ailing public health system will receive a 180 million US dollar boost to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from the Global Fund, state media reported Wednesday.

  9. Natural Soy Component May Help Treat Colon Cancer HealthDay - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Sphingadienes, natural lipid molecules found in soy, could become a key ingredient in treatments for colon cancer, California researchers have found.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 24, 2009 HealthDay - Tue Nov 24, 11:48 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

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