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Government
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Obama, media find reform issues tough to explain
NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving takes a look at why President Obama’s prime-time news conference last week failed to…
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GAO on Katrina: Fed. grants helpful, not sufficient
A pair of Government Accountability Office reports evaluating the progress of ongoing post-Hurricane Katrina rebuilding efforts – one looking at mental…
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Health care reform: A crossroads?
There’s an endless stream of stories about health care reform in advance of President Obama’s prime-time news conference tonight. We’ve…
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Latest regulatory activity just a click away
A new site could let you keep up with the latest regulatory action at your favorite federal agency with OpenRegs.com.…
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Lack of oversight contributes to Army suicides
The Army reported that 143 active duty soldiers killed themselves in the last year, the highest number since the statistics…
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Obama picks rural Ala. doctor for surgeon general
The Associated Press reports that Obama has chosen a family physician from Alabama to be the next surgeon general. The…
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Black lung’s back, Obama slow to react?
Ken Ward Jr., writing on the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette‘s Coal Tattoo blog, notes that black lung disease is once again…
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About 45,000 docs qualify for HIT stimulus money
Researchers at George Washington University have found that approximately 45,000 physicians nationwide qualify for as much as $63,750 each in…
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Food safety initiatives will be subject of online chat
The Obama administration has created a deputy food commissioner position to coordinate safety in the case of an outbreak of…
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NIH rules more stem cells eligible for funding
Right off the bat let’s just note that the promised cures from stem cells have been slow in coming. Science…