Updated: 8:17 AM Hannaford Supermarkets is alerting consumers that Cargill Beef is voluntarily recalling 29,339 pounds of ground beef that may contain salmonella.

Posted: 5:25 AM Researchers, doctors and patients attending the world's largest AIDS conference are urging the world's governments not to cut back on the fight against the epidemic when it is at a turning point.

Posted: 4:37 PM Nearly a quarter of a million people in Tennessee live with mental illness and while not all mentally ill patients are violent, some do end up in trouble. Now, a new pilot project in Knox County will help families get help for their loved ones.

Posted: 11:57 AM With nearly 18,000 cases so far this year, health officials say this is shaping up to be the worst national epidemic in more than 50 years for the highly contagious disease.

Posted: 10:20 AM International AIDS specialists on Thursday released what they call a road map for research toward a cure for HIV — a strategy for scientists to explore a number of intriguing leads that just might, years from now, pan out.

Posted: 7:48 AM Authorities in at least six states are investigating whether a traveling hospital technician accused of infecting 30 people with hepatitis C in New Hampshire also exposed earlier patients.

Posted: 7:45 AM For years it seemed hopeless. Now the hunt for a cure for AIDS is back on.

Posted: 5:47 AM Former Senate Majority Leader and heart surgeon Bill Frist is calling on states to get going on their health insurance exchanges.

Updated: 4:20 PM Before you finish that next grocery list, how about a personal shopper to help you pick the healthiest items for your family? You can take a guided tour and get advice from a dietitian in East Tennessee.

Updated: 5:28 PM Mabel the Beagle weighed 67 pounds when she waddled through the doors of Young Williams Animal Center; that's that's the equivalent to a 380 pound person. However, she's losing weight with the help of Doggy Fat Camp.

Posted: 6:07 AM For Gov. Rick Perry, saying "no" to the federal health care law could also mean turning away up to 1.3 million Texans, nearly half the uninsured people who could be newly eligible for coverage in his state.

Posted: 6:52 PM For the first time, researchers are reporting that a treatment might help stabilize Alzheimer's disease for as much as three years, although the evidence is weak and in only four patients.

Posted: 5:39 AM The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection, the latest milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus that causes AIDS.

Posted: 5:38 AM California is cracking down on more than a dozen businesses accused of selling and distributing costume jewelry containing dangerous levels of lead despite repeated warnings.

Posted: 3:38 PM Tennessee will hold six hearings on the Affordable Care Act provision of essential health benefits. That section aims to protect people from being underinsured.

Posted: 9:59 AM The second Mid-South Autism Conference is in Southaven this week, and its theme is "Reason for Hope." The conference opens Monday at Landers Center and continues through Wednesday.

Posted: 5:21 AM They're young, healthy and flat broke — and now the government says they have to buy thousands of dollars' worth of medical insurance.

Posted: 5:19 AM Getting older doesn't just mean a risk for physical ailments like heart disease and bum knees: A new report finds as many as 1 in 5 seniors has a mental health or substance abuse problem.

Posted: 5:41 AM They work the front lines of the nation's most explosive wildfires, yet thousands of the nation's seasonal firefighters have no health insurance for themselves or their families.

Posted: 4:57 AM A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to many of the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm, health officials said Monday.

Posted: 2:21 PM EEOICPA provides compensation and medical benefits to workers who became ill as a result of working in the nuclear weapons industry. Survivors of qualified workers also may be entitled to benefits.

Updated: 1:41 PM Researchers in Johnson City have received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for further study on hepatitis C.

Posted: 5:08 AM A Tennessee Red Cross official says a new company app allows users to have expert lifesaving advice in the palm of their hand.

Updated: 4:53 PM It's a celebration that started as a neighborhood birthday party, 8 years ago, but now it's a community wide event.

Posted: 11:03 AM Consumers will pay a little more for coffee and chocolate to ensure the farmers who produce those foods get a fair wage, so why not ask them to pay more for milk?