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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ State health officials say southeastern Indiana’s HIV outbreak tied to needle-sharing among intravenous drug users has reached 153 confirmed cases. The number …

By KELLI KENNEDY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ Gov. Rick Scott on Monday announced his nine appointments to a commission tasked with examining hospital finances, …

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) _ CSL Plasma Inc. is facing a lawsuit from a woman who says the for-profit company discriminated against her because she’s transgender. …

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A new type of blood test in the U.S. is starting to transform cancer treatment, sparing some patients …

By MARTIN SWANT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) _ Mental-health service workers and recipients rallied across Alabama on Monday, asking lawmakers not to cut millions in funding …

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ Illinois has turned over 13,000 pages of documents to attorneys challenging how the state awarded …

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) _ New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human services says there were 49 adult deaths related to the flu this season, the …

SEATTLE (AP) _ The Space Needle says it will be holding its first public stair climb in the Seattle icon’s history to help benefit cancer …

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ New statistics indicate heroin-related overdose deaths declined in 2014 in three northern Kentucky counties hard hit by the drug epidemic. Citing …

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) _ Members of Clarksburg’s water board say health concerns were behind their vote to stop using fluoride in the city’s water supply. …