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NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are down at noon: Aetna fell $.32 or 1.1 percent, to $29.44. CIGNA fell $.55 or 1.7 percent, to $32.61. Coventry Healthcare fell $.27 or 1.2 percent, to $22.94. Humana fell $.25 or .6 percent, to $41.85. UnitedHealth fell $.02 or .1 percent, to $29.52. WellPoint fell $.67 or 1.2 percent, to $54.43.
State mental health officials are still awaiting the completion of the audit of Albemarle Mental Health Center for the fiscal year that ended in June 2008.
Unless Congress acts, laid-off workers will face higher premiums for health coverage.
By BLEYS W. ROSE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Kaiser Permanente and a coalition of community health clinics are stepping forward to salvage the Healthy Kids program, which serves more than 8,000 uninsured children in Sonoma County.
A new study by researchers based at the University of Chicago say diabetes cases will nearly double in the United States in the next 25 years.
The popular Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed, state and county officials said Friday.
In wake of criticism over climbing rates and how decisions are made, members agree to withdraw from health insurance advisory committee Broward School Board members took themselves off a once-coveted health insurance advisory committee this week following criticism over climbing health insurance rates and ongoing scrutiny over how the district does business.
Last month, the City of Boone began contract negotiations with the City Employees Bargaining Organization.
Boone County Public Health reminds residents that children ages six months through nine years are recommended to receive two doses of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine. The Iowa Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that the two doses of the vaccine be separated by 28 days (four weeks).
COLUMBIA BASIN — The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) declared the 2009 West Nile virus season, the most active on record, is over. The 2009 season ended as cold fall weather approached. August is generally the peak of the season, according to a DOH representative.
While New Mexico clinics remain busier than usual, the percentage of patients with flu symptoms continues to drop, according to the state Department of Health which also is reporting four more deaths from the disease.
Dallas County Public Health continues to receive limited amounts of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine. Because there is currently not enough vaccine available for widespread use in Dallas County, the vaccine remains targeted to those at highest risk of becoming ill and developing complications.
A recent letter writer expressed his views that Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Posey should listen to voters, not lobbyists. I agree. I think Posey took the responsible position in voting against the health care reform bill.
BONITA SPRINGS —Community leaders are gathering support for a freestanding emergency room in south Lee County.About 30 organizations and businesses have lent their names to the effort led by Bonita Springs Mayor Ben Nelson and Estero Council of Community Leaders Chairman Don Eslick.As Bonita Springs and Estero have grown in recent years, supporters have looked for progress on a proposed free ...
The popular Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed, state and county officials said Friday. Any effort to recover John Jones' body from the cramped underground chute where he became stuck with his head at an angle below his feet Tuesday night would simply be too dangerous, they said.
This is the second in a weekly series of interviews with health-care professionals in the area who offer differing perspectives on the debate over health-care reform.
