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The number of Americans infected with the HIV virus is much higher than current estimates, US health officials say.

ATLANTA (AP) -- The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported Sunday, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic....

Health officials said yesterday that they had not identified what made people sick at a Scout camp in Goshen, Va., last week, but that the number of people who contracted the E. coli infection has grown to at least 18, with two boys in the most serious condition.

Health officials have confirmed that at least 13 boys, all but one from Northern Virginia, contracted E. coli bacterial infections while attending a popular Scout camp in Goshen, Va., last week, officials said yesterday.

Fewer than four in 10 gay men in New York City are out to their doctors about their sexuality - meaning they are far less likely to get tested for HIV, health officials said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Those hard-to-read scribbled prescriptions from doctors could soon become a rarity. Beginning Jan. 1, the federal government will boost Medicare's payments to doctors that send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy rather than writing them out on paper and handing them to the patient....

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine officials are advising consumers to avoid eating lobster tomalley after tests revealed high levels of toxins in some lobsters....

Pakistani health officials say they have recorded a new case of polio in Swat district despite local militants pledging to not resist vaccinations.

King County's projected budget deficit next year is poised to drain $10 million from public health services, health officials warned Thursday.

ATLANTA (AP) -- An E. coli outbreak traced to recalled beef in Michigan and Ohio has spawned cases in three other states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday....