With its approval on Wednesday of a $48 billion bill to fight AIDS around the world, the Senate repealed a 20-year old ban against HIV-positive people from visiting or living in the United States.

The provision to abolish the travel ban was part of the larger measure called President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) that the Senate voted to pass by a vote of 80-16

With its approval on Wednesday of a $48 billion bill to fight AIDS around the world, the Senate repealed a 20-year old ban against HIV-positive people from visiting or living in the United States.

The provision to abolish the travel ban was part of the larger measure called President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) that the Senate voted to pass by a vote of 80-16

A measles outbreak affecting 120 people in 15 states has alarmed health officials as it's the largest outbreak to happen in the last 10 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. health authorities believe that the measles outbreak is related to travelers coming back to the United States from other countries

Canada reported Friday its first case of salmonella poisoning linked to the outbreak of the disease in the United States.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said a 33-year-old man from Ontario returning from the U.S. tested positive for the salmonella strain that has sickened 922 Americans in 40 U.S. states since April

Cuban health authorities have approved the use of what is believed to be the world's first registered therapeutic lung cancer vaccine.

Unlike chemotherapy, the prevalent treatment for cancer, the new vaccine CimaVax EGF has no side effects. Though the vaccine does not prevent lung cancer, it has been shown to boost survival rates by an average of four to five months, and in some cases much longer