The Food and Drug Administration has given a Seattle company permission to resume its human tests of an experimental, gene-based arthritis treatment whose safety came into question this summer after a 36-year-old study participant died.

  The first statistics ever amassed on HIV in the District, released today in a sweeping report, reveal "a modern epidemic" remarkable for its size, complexity and reach into all parts of the city.

  You don't often see clowns roaming hospital halls, but at Children's Hospital, they make rounds just as doctors do.

  JERUSALEM -- When Ali Qleibo was born in Jerusalem, his home was under Jordanian control. It was 1953, and not far away stretched the bleak gash of barbed wire, concrete walls and minefields that cut the city into Jewish and Arab halves.

  ST. REGIS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. -- The Environmental Protection Agency has given St. Regis Mohawks a voice in enforcing federal air quality rules on the tribe's reservation in northern New York, following a five-year review.

  WASHINGTON -- Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.

  Fall has always been an awkward time for me. Mom: Look that gorgeous red tree! We're having such a colorful fall.

  It's hard to imagine life without cellphones, computers and iPods. And as technology advances, so does the rate at which we buy gadgets just to keep up. While constantly upgrading your electronics is hard on the wallet, it's also harmful to the planet -- and possibly your health.

  A decade after the government began trying to ensure that prescription drugs used to treat children work and are safe, doctors still have scant information to guide them when they administer many medications to kids.

  The bill that Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) signed into law this week to extend health coverage to an estimated 140,000 people puts Maryland among a growing group of states attempting to chip away at their soaring numbers of uninsured.

  Another reason to avoid sleeping with an ex: fear of contracting lead poisoning.

  Food and Drug Administration experts are recommending new label warnings about possible dangerous psychiatric side effects of influenza drugs Tamiflu and Relenza, according to FDA documents.

  Thanksgiving cooks up all kinds of thoughts and emotions about food. But what it can really add up to is this: two pounds.

  Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) signed off yesterday on legislation to protect transgender individuals from discrimination, over the objections of religious and community groups that say the measure would give male cross-dressers access to women's restrooms and locker rooms.