Topic: The Associated Press
RikWehbring, 37, lives on San Francisco.$50,000 a year in That's quite a feat in itself, considering the Bay Area has one of the highest costs of living in the country. Wehbring is a millionaire.I read about Wehbring in a recent Associated Press ...
This is the third in a series of four weekly "Big Issue" stories examining top campaign issues through the eyes of ordinary voters.By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WriterSENECAVILLE, Ohio (AP) Even if the issue doesn't often get star billing on the campaign trail, ...
Hawaii's dropping a program that offered health insurance to all of the state's children, the Associated Press reports.. "People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free," a state ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is alarmed about a new blood test that its distributor says can detect ovarian cancer in its early stages, The New York Times reported Tuesday.. Any of Alabama's more than 35,000 state employees will ...
At least four people have died and 21 have become sick in Canada from an outbreak of listeriosis linked to recalled meat products, the Associated Press said Monday.. The U.S. government agency charged with overseeing the Medicare prescription drug program has done ...
It was only two weeks ago that a revised HIV/AIDS tracking system indicated the annual HIV rate in the United States was about 40 percent higher than annual estimates had been giving for years.. In a report to be released Aug. 25, ...
The U.S. government agency charged with overseeing the Medicare prescription drug program has done very little to check whether the insurance companies administering the plans to 24 million Americans are doing their jobs, the Associated Press reports.. In a report to be ...
Another report suggesting that Americans need to set aside a large chunk of cash to cover health costs during retirement was released Wednesday by Boston-based Fidelity Investments.. It concluded that a couple (both partners age 65) retiring this year will need about ...
Unions, Advocacy Groups to Single Out GOP Lawmakers for Possible Override on Health Bill VetoSeveral labor unions and advocacy groups are targeting about three dozen Republican lawmakers in a $1 million lobbying campaign aimed at turning enough votes to override President Bush's ...
President George W. Bush is "fit for duty," doctors said Wednesday after Bush had his annual physical, the Associated Press reported.. Bush usually gets his annual physical in August at the National Naval Medical Center in suburban Maryland. Also Wednesday, the White ...