WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday backed legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration power to control the advertising and manufacturing of cigarettes and other tobacco products.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials said on Wednesday they are considering starting the vaccination campaign for seasonal flu earlier this year to make room for a possible second round of shots against the new H1N1 flu.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Canada and China have developed a hardy material using human bile acids, which they hope can be used to fill dental cavities.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Vaccine makers could produce 4.9 billion pandemic flu shots per year in the best-case scenario, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as rich and poor countries grappled over limited supplies.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Genetically engineered stem cells from bone marrow showed promise as a potential new way to deliver a cancer-killing protein to tumors, British researchers said on Tuesday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Despite a decade of promises, little has been done to fix the problem of preventable medical errors that kill nearly 98,000 people in the United States each year, a consumer group said on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Deadly pneumonia caused by so-called superbugs are spreading outside hospitals and represent a growing threat to the public, U.S. researchers warned on Wednesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - The same part of the brain that makes us crave food and sex may also help determine whether somebody is a warm and sentimental “people” person, researchers said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare costs for Americans who get medical coverage through an employer hit a record ,771 per family this year, and they are having to pay more themselves, a report released on Monday showed.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women may be especially susceptible to the toxic effects of cigarette smoking, U.S. researchers said on Monday.