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

A 70-year-old woman is dead and man critically ill after receiving kidneys at Boston hospitals from a donor who carried an undetected virus.

The 57-year-old man who received a kidney from the same donor is also infected with the hard-to-detect lymphocyte choriomeningitis virus or LCMV, the Boston Globe said Tuesday

Around 5,000 families who believe that a mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, found in many vaccines causes the development of autism have filed claims with the U.S. Court of Claims. The families allege vaccines caused autism and other neurological problems in their children.

Autism is a developmental disability which usually appears in children during their first 36 months. Once an uncommon disorder in the United States, the incidence of autism is now occurring at epidemic rates

When Quebec City residents go to the polls Monday to select a replacement for Liberal MLA Roch Cholette, health care will be the focus of voters.

Six candidates are running on the byelection. Cholette's policy advisor and communications director, Maryse Gaudreault, is running under the Liberal party. Her strongest rival is Dr. Gilles Aube, from Parti Quebecois and a doctor

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