NPR News December 23, 2009 by Scott Hensley The Senate is set to pass a landmark health bill early Thursday morning that would bring President Obama and Democrats a step closer to the most sweeping change in the nation’s health system since Medicare was created more than four decades ago. Despite unflinching Republican opposition...
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The Washington Post December 24, 2009 By Lori Montgomery and Alec MacGillis At 7 a.m. Thursday, the Senate plans to push landmark health-care legislation over the finish line with the last in a string of midnight and daybreak votes capping months of infighting and procedural delays. And with that, the hardest work of all...
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The Epoch Times New Tang Dynasty Television Dec 21, 2009 By Xie Lin & Li Ming Doctors have received notices throughout China’s municipal and provincial hospitals not to diagnose H1N1 viral infection, according to the research conducted by the New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV). Instead, doctors have been told to diagnose patients with “seasonal...
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Debate rages over bill’s impact on costs — and how much that matters Washington Post Monday, November 30, 2009 By Lori Montgomery As the long battle over health care is rejoined in the Senate this week, experts remain deeply divided over whether the legislation would rein in soaring health-care costs or simply add millions...
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USA Today November 22, 2009 The momentum of the H1N1 flu outbreak has fallen off, but flu activity is still high and Tamiflu-resistant virus may have begun to spread. USA TODAY’S Steve Sternberg asks experts for their perspective. more …
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Washington Post Thursday, November 19, 2009; 2:11 PM By Shailagh Murray, Lori Montgomery and Dan Balz Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid said Thursday that the first crucial vote on a $848 billion health-care overhaul package would likely take place Saturday. That procedural vote will decide whether to bring that bill to the Senate...
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forbes.com 11.03.09, 02:42 PM EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Omnicare Inc, the largest U.S. provider of pharmacy services to nursing homes, will pay $98 million and Teva subsidiary IVAX Pharmaceuticals will pay $14 million to settle allegations of kickbacks, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday. The department said Omnicare both solicited and paid kickbacks. ...
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Pursuit of standards comes as foodmakers set up own systems The Washington Post Wednesday, October 21, 2009 By Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post Staff Writer The federal government is wading into the supermarket aisle, making its first effort to provide better nutritional information on food products since it developed the black-and-white Nutrition Facts label 15...
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Reuters October 19, 2009 By Christopher Doering and Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The pandemic H1N1 flu virus was confirmed for the first time on Monday in a U.S. hog, which was exhibited at the Minnesota State Fair where four teenagers became sick, the Agriculture Department said on Monday. USDA said the discovery does...
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ITN News Sat Oct 17 2009 07:12:57 Swine flu vaccines delayed in US US officials have warned the delivery of some swine flu vaccines could be delayed because companies cannot produce it as quickly as they had expected. The news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) comes after the virus began...
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