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US Senate Majority leader Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington Reuters

Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle

AP – 8 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare. Full Story »

  • US backs new start date for cervical cancer tests

    AFP – Fri Nov 20, 10:40 am ET  
    A nurse administering a vaccine. Women should not get their first... AFP/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women's health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests. Full Story »

  • Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved

    AP – Fri Nov 20, 10:23 am ET  

    HANOI, Vietnam - Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty. Full Story »

  • AIDS patients to president: Send more money south

    AP – Mon Nov 16, 7:09 am ET  

    JACKSON, Miss. - When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs. Now he lives in Mississippi, where few of those services exist. Full Story »

  • US survey shows southern counties most obese

    AP – Thu Nov 19, 9:31 pm ET  
    A resident is photographed Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 walking around... AP

    ATLANTA - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Full Story »

  • Folic Acid Late in Pregnancy Tied to Asthma in Kids

    HealthDay – Fri Nov 13, 11:48 pm ET  

    FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to women who take folic acid in late pregnancy are at increased risk for asthma, Australian researchers say. Full Story »

  • Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes

    HealthDay – Thu Nov 19, 7:25 pm ET  

    THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey. Full Story »

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After a string of stinging losses, the Connecticut Huskies finally won one for their slain teammate. Full Story »

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NYC official: 98 percent of airport bag scales OK

AP – Fri Nov 20, 2:53 pm ET

New York City officials say virtually all of the luggage scales at the city's two major airports are accurately calibrated. Full Story »

Entertainment News

Losing Winfrey would be big blow for Second City

AP – Sat Nov 21, 12:38 pm ET

Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it's easy to get a sense of what she's meant to Chicago. Full Story »