A nine-year-old in Greece suffering from stomach pain was found to be unknowingly carrying her embryonic twin.

Doctors at Larissa General Hospital surgically removed the fetus of an undeveloped twin, which was more than two inches long

An 11-year-old boy here died from an unusual but rarely deadly disease.

Paul Roscoe died in his home Saturday morning after he collapsed. The cause of his death was Kawasaki disease - a medical condition that affects children and results in aneurysms and blockages in blood vessels. It is common in boys under the age of 5

The Food and Drug Administration warned the medical community on Friday regarding heparin after learning that some of the facilities still had supplies of the contaminated blood thinner.

A large number of hospitals, medical societies and pharmaceutical organizations were warned despite a recall by the California Department of Health and the FDA's own recall monitoring. Baxter International Inc., the largest supplier of heparin, also showed gaps in the recall response

At least 360 workers who volunteered to perform search and rescue operations at the World Trade Center directly following the September 11, 2001 attacks have since died; 80 of which suffered cancer-related deaths.

The volunteers and rescuers worked at Ground Zero, nearby blocks and at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island. New York state health officials have identified the cause of death for 154 dead volunteers

Researchers of McGill University have found an HIV test using saliva to be effective in preventing pregnant Indian mothers from passing the virus to their newborns.

The OraQuick test, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2004, lets doctors know within 20 minutes if a laboring pregnant mom is HIV-infected. The early detection of infection allows doctors to immediately administer anti-retroviral drugs to HIV-exposed infants, a method proven effective in preventing infection of babies from the virus that causes AIDS