National Diabetes Summit 2013 held in Amritsar

Karen DeSalvo, New Orleans' health commissioner, is thrilled, of course, that her city was one of the six winners of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's inaugural Roadmaps to Health Prizes. But even if New Orleans hadn't received one of the ...

The Prevent Cancer Foundation is proud to announce Cheryl G. Healton, DrPH, as the first recipient of the James L. Mulshine, M.D., Leadership Award at the 2013 Lung Cancer Workshop X, held in Bethesda, Md. on May 2. The award recognizes Healton's ...

The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose. Leptospirosis, the disease is called. And the banded mongoose carries it. Leptospirosis is the world's most common ...

is a public relations and fundraising campaign May 1 - 31. The will provide information on different types of canine cancer, care for dogs with cancer, and other cancer-related health resources. begins tomorrow, and throughout the month of May the ...

1:10 am BANGKOK, May 9 ? US-based Rockefeller Foundation's Asian Pacific Office and Bangkok-based Siriraj Hospital will co-host the International Conference in Medicine and Public Health 2013 in Bangkok in June. The conference scheduled for June 24 ...

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization that supports medical research and education at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the military ...

WASHINGTON Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, has solicited sizable donations from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and H&R Block, the tax preparation service, as part of a multimillion-dollar campaign to ensure the ...

President Obama on Friday sought to quell Democratic worries and public misconceptions about his healthcare law, months before its biggest provisions are set to take effect. Members of Obama's own party have relentlessly criticized the ...

If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes ...