H1N1 fears may squeeze vaccine supply. Brooke Hart reports. 

A new study suggests that giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get vaccinated may make the shots a little less effective.

Health officials want parents to be on the lookout for signs that a case of the Swine Flu has become life-threatening.

The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on the health care reform package. NBC’s Brooke Hart reports. 

Mass vaccinations start next week, but some parents fear it may be too late. NBC’s Brooke Hart reports. 

New research shows more than half a million children every year have bad reactions or side effects from medicines that require medical treatment.
Children younger than age 5 are most commonly affected. Penicillin and other prescription antibiotics are among drugs causing the most problems.

College administrators around the country are facing a challenge in dealing with swine flu on campus.
Epidemiologists fear the pandemic could explode as the seasonal flu and swine flu both hit.

Will hand sanitizer help you avoid swine flu? NBC’s Kyle Iboshi reports. 

A prescription-drug discount program likely to be adopted by the Beaufort County Council would give participants and their families—pets included—a break on the cost of some medicines.

A prescription-drug discount program likely to be adopted by the Beaufort County Council would give participants and their families—pets included—a break on the cost of some medicines.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Medical College of Georgia says it has received permission from a national accreditation agency to take additional steps toward opening a campus in Athens.

Inspired by the presidential election of 2008 in which healthcare services for the uninsured became a hotly debated topic, two Georgia Southern students decided to form an organization to address that issue on a local level.  After four months of hard work, the Committe found a location for the clinic, put together a team of volunteer healthcare professionals, created a community board of directors, and aligned the clinic with the national organization, Volunteers in Medicine.

With a crowd as big as the one on Washington’s National Mall, it’s inevitable that health problems have become an issue and medical personnel have been challenged already.