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Tax Day in the US: Tea Party protests and last-minute filings
Washington - As US workers rushed to meet an annual deadline to file their tax returns,...
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US House, Senate approve 2010 budget outline
Washington - US lawmakers on Thursday approved a 3.5-trillion-dollar budget...
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Obama defends spending as key to future economic growth
Washington - US President Barack Obama defended the spending outlined in his budget Tuesday,...
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Obama defends ambitious budget as in-step with economic challenges
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his ambitious budget proposals,...
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Federal Panel: California Must Release 58,000 Inmates
Federal judges ruled yesterday that the state of California must reduce the number of inmates in...
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House Expected To Approve Children’s Health Bill Today
The House on Wednesday is expected to approve the expansion of the State Children’s Health...
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Daschle’s Tax Lapses an Embarrassment to Himself and to Obama
President Obama picked on Wall Street bankers and harshly criticized them for spending more than...
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Bloomberg's Budget Plan Would Include Cutting 23,000 Jobs
Mayor Bloomberg’s budget plan includes cutting New York City’s working force by as many...
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National Health Spending Is Slowly Rising
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Obama's stimulus plan to include massive tax cuts
Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama's plan to jump-start the US economy will include...
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How Prepared are the U.S. States for Actual Disaster?
Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia along with New Hampshire and Wisconsin are among the five...
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Many Primary Care Doctors Not Satisfied with Their Work, Want to Quit
A survey released this week by the Physicians’ Foundation, a
non-profit group of state medical...
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It's Ad-Vantage Obama as Campaigns Reach Climax
Los Angeles (dpa) - From health care to taxes, Iraq to Iran, Joe Biden to Joe the Plumber - the...
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The Candidates Positions on Key Issues
Washington - The US presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama, 47, and Republican John McCain,...
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Egyptian Activist to Meet New US President in December
Cairo - Egyptian Human Rights activist and long-term democracy advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim said he...
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"Joe the Plumber" Mirrors Changing Dynamics in Last Debate
Washington - With the US and global economy in turmoil, it was the trials and tribulations of a...
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US Launches $45 Million AIDS Campaign Aimed at People Most at Risk
US officials on Tuesday launched an AIDS awareness campaign that would focus on the people most...
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WHO calls for disaster-resistant hospitals, health facilities
Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged Asian countries to...
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Intel and GE team up on telemedicine
New York - Going to the doctor could become a thing of the past for many people if the telemedicine...
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Stents Better than Bypass Surgery at Relieving Pain
A new study presented Saturday at the American College of Cardiology conference in Orlando,...
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US Prescription Drug Sales Continue to Be Slow in 2008
According to market research firm IMS Health Inc., sales of prescription drugs...
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Obama nominates Sebelius as US health secretary
Washington - US President Barack Obama nominated Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as health...
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Obama’s Budget Outline
President Obama promised more money for conservation and renewable energy in his budget outline...
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Most Cancer Patients Can’t Afford Medical Care
According to a report released February 5 by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Cancer...
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Premature Babies More Prone to Autism
According to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of Pediatrics, children who are...
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Medicare Decides to Expand Coverage for Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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Obama and New Administration, Urged To Boost FDA’s Food-Related Spending
The Food and Drug administration is one of the most important regulatory agencies in the United...
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The Senate to Vote on Extra Health Coverage for Poor Children
The House on Wednesday voted to expand The Children’s Health Insurance Program to cover an...
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Children’s Health Program Goes to Senate for Approval
The bill intended to expand healthcare for children in low-income families is expected to breeze...
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National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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George Bush’s Health Care Legacy
The Bush administration has failed too many times in providing a good health care system. Firstly,...
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How To Eat Healthy
It’s not a secret to anyone that a healthy diet is essential for maintaining...
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‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State
A comparison of state rakings from 2007 to 2008 released
Wednesday by the United Health Foundation...
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Indonesia’s Papua Province Considering Microchip Monitoring For HIV Patients
Lawmakers in Indonesia’s Papua province worked
to pass a bill that would require HIV/AIDS patients...
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Will Fast Food Ads Be Banned?
Health experts around the world have concluded that it’s time to ban some ads for fast food...
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Nationwide Premature Birth Report Gives States Grades For Premature Births
Each year, more than 530,000 babies are
born before 37 full weeks of gestation, statistics show....
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Cost Of Diabetes Care Has Doubled In Six Years
Americans with diabetes nearly doubled their
spending on drugs and expensive treatments for...
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Medicaid Spending Expected to Rise to $674 by 2017
Federal and state Medicaid spending is
expected to grow annually at a rate of 7.9 percent over the...
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Infant Mortality Rate Still Too High, U.S. Rank 29th
Fewer infants are dying in the United States, 2 percent fewer, but the rate is still high according...
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WHO Says 450 Million Suffer From Mental Illnesses
October 10 is the annual World Mental Health Day and this year’s conference revealed some shocking...
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Over The Counter Medicine For Kids, Not Healthy?
The FDA recently rejected pediatricians’ calls for the immediate
ban on over the counter cold...
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Confusion around Health Care Plans Offered by McCain and Obama
Both presidential candidates Barack Obama
and John McCain agree that Americans are spending too...
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Health Care Costs Increase, Family Income Stays The Same
A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation
and the Health Research and Educational Trust found...
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New York City Plans To Expand Primary Care Centers
According to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, New York City is determined to found more...
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Health-Care Coverage Costs to Increase in 2009
U. S.
workers with job-based health insurance can expect health-care coverage to climb
nearly 9...
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Employers Pay More For Insurance, Plan To Make Employees Bear Costs
Employers across the country are paying more for health insurance and are trying to transfer at...
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