GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is looking into reports in Britain and the United States that the H1N1 flu may have ...
Poll shows most Americans don't expect health care overhaul to affect their lives directly Most Americans don't expect a health care overhaul to ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - High-cost urban U.S. hospitals may face debt rating downgrades if large cuts to Medicare funding are implemented as part of U.S. health care reform, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday. The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to debate ...
Analyst says stocks will benefit from reform clarity, and from lower medical costs after 2010 An analyst for JPMorgan upgraded shares of WellPoint Inc. and Cigna Corp. Monday, saying the stocks should trade higher as the details of a federal health care ...
Merck claims win as Texas court dismisses Medicaid lawsuit over painkiller Vioxx Merck & Co. said Monday a district court judge in Texas dismissed all claims in a state Medicaid lawsuit over the painkiller Vioxx. Merck said Travis County, Texas District Court ...
Donated 'weed,' snacks and old cafe provide social outlet for Oregon medical marijuana users At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" — a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of ...
Marijuana is shown at the Cannabis Cafe Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009, in Portland, Ore. The patrons of the Cannabis Cafe are people with Oregon medical marijuana cards. The Cannabis Cafe is the latest step forward for medical marijuana patients in Oregon, where ...
Graphic shows the process of making the health care reform bill into law Copyright 2009 AP News
Lawmakers argue whether mammogram guidelines show what's wrong with health care overhaul Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay ...
Leading Senate Democrat says lawmakers must pass health care bill before year's end A leading Democratic senator says the proposed health care overhaul must pass the Senate by the end of the year, so that lawmakers can begin to concentrate on the ...
Schumer says Democrats could support 'modest' public option as part of health care overhaul Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate. Schumer says he is assuring his more conservative Democratic colleagues that ...
Dem senator says he might not back next step for health care overhaul if bill isn't changed A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle ...
