The single largest outbreak in the United States of mumps in the past 17 years strikes Iowa state.

The single largest outbreak in the United States of mumps in the past 17 years strikes Iowa state

A large-scale study suggests job stress is more likely responsible for the symptoms associated with "sick building syndrome" rather than the environment.

WebMD reports the symptoms include headaches, itchy eyes, dry throat, dry and itchy skin fatigue, dizziness and nausea

A new survey shows that in 2002-2003, headaches resulted in 7.5 million U.S. adults buying prescription drugs and/or visiting a medical office, hospital outpatient department or emergency room.

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) says these measures cost patients and insurance companies about $4.3 billion

Preliminary tests show that a Romanian man suspected of having bird flu does not appear to have the disease. He was taken to a hospital in Bucharest Sunday from a village in the south of the country where the deadly H5N1 virus was detected in poultry this month.

Authorities say the man from the village of Cetate, about 300 miles west of the Danube delta, where avian flu was first discovered in birds in October, had worked in the homes of neighbors whose birds had been culled following the outbreak

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is approving Eraxis to treat certain infections caused by Candida, a yeast-like fungus that can cause serious infections in hospitalized patients or patients with compromised immune systems.

Dr. Steven Galson, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, says, "This product offers a new alternative therapy for several types of infections associated with Candida