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3/21/2010 Print E-mail Health experts say that the furiously debated $940 billion health-care reform bill moving toward a vote for passage in Congress this weekend really boils down to one simple tenet: "The big impact is the coverage of 31 million uninsured ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: campaign to battle childhood obesity in the United States, will provide financing and technical assistance to companies that bring healthy foods to urban and rural ...
Same-sex couples are as good as male/female couples when it comes to parenting, say researchers who reviewed 81 studies of one- and two-parent families, including gay, lesbian and heterosexual couples.. The nation's mayors are being asked by first lady Michelle Obama to ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: The nation's mayors are being asked by first lady Michelle Obama to join her campaign to reduce childhood obesity rates, which have tripled in the ...
A group of Democratic senators has reached a "broad agreement" to resolve an impasse over a proposed government-run health insurance plan, Senate majority leader Harry Reid said Tuesday.. The tentative agreement would allow people ages 55 to 64 to "buy in" to ...
Authorities eye life insurance policy in mysterious hanging death of census takerInvestigators trying to solve the mystery of a census taker found hanging from a tree with the word " fed" scrawled on his chest are examining whether he manipulated the scene ...
Agencies fix glitch that confused US Social Security numbers with foreign onesTwo federal agencies that put Americans at risk for identity-theft-like problems have fixed a glitch that linked U.S. Social Security numbers to those issued by three foreign countries, officials said.The problem, ...
What ever happened to the hole in the ozone layer?A decade or two ago, alarm bells were sounding about this growing environmental worry. A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news.If you have your own news-related question that ...
EDITOR'S NOTE An occasional look at how behind-the-scenes influence is exercised in Washington.By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) Insurance companies, unions and other special interest groups pushed back hard Wednesday against health care legislation that could cost their members billions of dollars.If ...
Unsafe abortions kill more than 70,000 women worldwide each year, says a global survey released Tuesday by the New York-based Guttmacher Institute.. "In almost all developed countries, abortion is safe and legal," said institute president Sharon Camp, the Associated Press reported. "No ...
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