Registered Nurses

An alarming outbreak of the mumps two years ago has raised questions about whether an additional vaccination is needed.

Agency gives new safety information on proper use of Tussionex as a cough suppressant

Call It the cough heard round the world. The World Health Organization's Feb. 26 report on how super strains of tuberculosis are on the loose

Kyla Ootova of Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut in Canada, left classes last Thursday at Nakasuk School, where she was enrolled in the third grade, because she was ill. She died two days later, it is reported.

FDA advises health care practitioners to switch suppliers and limit use of drug until problem identified

A troubling report that actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins received a dangerous overdose of the blood-thinning drug Heparin highlights the many medical mistakes made in U.S. hospitals each year.

Half of those with bad drug reactions said physicians denied connection

A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions...

Judge ruled that drug company misled the public about addiction risk

Can you really get your breasts enlarged in your lunch hour? Here's the real story behind those reports—and a look at the research that could make fat your friend.