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TheStreet.com - Fri Dec 4, 7:10 am ET
Biotech reporter Adam Feuerstein answers reader email about Hemispherx Biopharma, Cel-Sci and other stocks.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 7:20 am ET
MILWAUKEE----Dohmen, a 151-year-old, family-held health care services company, has named Kelli Kovak, Chief Development Officer and Michael Italiano, Senior Director, Corporate Development.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 2, 10:33 am ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are down at 10 a.m.: Aetna fell $.31 or 1.0 percent, to $29.51. CIGNA fell $.21 or .6 percent, to $32.87. Coventry Healthcare fell $.16 or .7 percent, to $22.67. Humana fell $.19 or .4 percent, to $42.27. UnitedHealth fell $.35 or 1.2 percent, to $28.35. WellPoint fell $.19 or .3 percent, to $54.60.
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The Marshall News Messenger - 1 hour 54 minutes ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Longview-based Cloud's Food Service for public health violations its inspectors found this summer.
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WebMD - Thu Dec 3, 6:39 pm ET
Breastfeeding was shown to significantly lower a woman’s risk for developing metabolic syndrome in a study reported today by researchers with Kaiser Permanente.
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USA Today - Thu Dec 3, 7:37 pm ET
Health officials are warning the public about fake e-mails inviting people to sign up for swine flu vaccine registrations.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 7:07 pm ET
Stung by the continuing struggle to make a vaccine against the swine flu pandemic, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday her department would review its approach to disaster preparedness.
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The Champaign News-Gazette - 2 hours 44 minutes ago
ATLANTA – Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is a rare but deadly disease caused by a bacterial infection, most commonly meningococcal disease, said Dr. Henry Wu, a medical epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disease is also associated with staph infections, among others, Wu said. Meningococcal disease, which affects between 800 to 1,500 people in the U.S. per ...
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The Champaign News-Gazette - 2 hours 45 minutes ago
SAVOY – Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady said Thursday that all parts of state government, including education, should be cut by 10 percent, along with reforms in Medicaid, to help balance the deficit-ridden state budget. Brady made his remarks at a news conference at Willard Airport, where he reiterated the support he has from 14 of the 70 Republican members of the Legislature ...
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Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 12:01 am ET
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- White House Budget Director Peter Orszag says the medical-system overhaul now being debated in the Senate puts in place “crucial steps” to help slow the growth of U.S. health-care spending.
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Washington Post - Fri Dec 4, 12:00 am ET
Senate Republicans lost their first major challenge to a Democratic plan to overhaul the health-care system, as the chamber voted Thursday to reject a GOP proposal to strip the package of nearly $500 billion in Medicare cuts, its most important source of financing.
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San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
Gov.-elect Chris Christie has named four of his top advisers, including three with legal backgrounds. Richard Bagger, 49, a Pfizer executive and former state legislator, was chosen as chief of staff _ considered the most powerful position in the governor's... Chief of staff - New Jersey - United States - Rich Bagger - Government
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - 4 minutes ago
A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Why do medical costs increase at a rate faster than inflation?
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Tulsa World - Thu Dec 3, 3:41 am ET
The state's Medicaid agency is considering increasing co-payments, decreasing services and reducing payments to doctors, nursing facilities and hospitals in response to declining state revenues.
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USA Today - Thu Dec 3, 11:31 pm ET
Senate Democrats closed ranks behind $460 billion in politically risky Medicare cuts at the heart of health care legislation.