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NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are up at noon: Aetna rose $.84 or 2.8 percent, to $31.31. CIGNA rose $1.72 or 5.1 percent, to $35.27. Coventry Healthcare rose $.73 or 3.3 percent, to $23.15. Humana rose $1.10 or 2.7 percent, to $41.98. UnitedHealth rose $1.07 or 3.8 percent, to $29.57. WellPoint rose $1.18 or 2.1 percent, to $56.51.
The House Thursday passed a huge spending measure combining major spending boosts for domestic agencies and foreign aid with more than 5,000 back-home projects sought by lawmakers.
The House of Representatives this afternoon passed a huge spending measure combining major spending boosts for domestic agencies and foreign aid with more than 5,000 back-home projects sought by lawmakers.
Health officials now estimate that swine flu has sickened nearly 50 million Americans and killed nearly 10,000. ATLANTA -- Health officials now estimate that swine flu has sickened nearly 50 million Americans and killed nearly 10,000. The new estimates mean about 1 in 6 Americans have had the illness. The figures were released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. The ...
All Illinois residents will be eligible to be vaccinated for H1N1 swine flu beginning next week as the Illinois and Chicago public health departments remove restrictions that had limited access to the vaccine to those deemed at highest risk.
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday voiced support for an important provision of a tentative Senate Democratic compromise that scales back a public insurance option that she supports.
AstraZeneca is offering a break to seniors on fixed incomes who are part its drug savings program.The company - which has headquarters, research and manufacturing sites in New Castle County - announced those enrolled in its Medicare Part D prescription savings program will no longer have to come up with co-pays for medicines. offered by the plan.
AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky As winter settles in and we gird ourselves for the next few months, there's some good news relating to H1N1 vaccines. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced today that beginning next week, the state of Illinois will have enough of the vaccine to offer the shots to anyone regardless of age or medical condition. Dr. Julie Morita, the director of the IDPH's ...
“This work yields important clues on what goes awry during development in children with autism and will help us focus on what is the cause of autism at a molecular level,” Schellenberg said.
WASHINGTON — The House has passed a massive year-end spending bill awarding generous funding boosts to domestic programs despite massive budget deficits.
WASHINGTON — The House Thursday passed a huge spending measure combining major boosts for domestic agencies and foreign aid with more than 5,000 back-home projects sought by lawmakers.
Union leaders, among the most passionate backers of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, pressed Democratic senators Thursday to drop a tax on high-value insurance plans to pay for remaking the nation's system.
Health officials now estimate that swine flu has sickened nearly 50 million Americans and killed nearly 10,000.
Health officials now estimate that swine flu has sickened nearly 50 million Americans and killed nearly 10,000. The new estimates mean about 1 in 6 Americans have had the illness.
NEW YORK — Pam Vetter's 15-year-old son balked when she told him she was opting for a healthier holiday season this year: fish rather than turkey, fewer carbs and sweets.
NEW YORK - Worried your kids are going to pack on the pounds over winter break? Before you cut out the cookies for Santa, pumpkin pie and doughnuts, take a look at these tips from the experts.
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