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Health care bill moves forward
Following the Senate vote on the health care bill, reporters have rushed to cover the latest developments. Here is just…
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Scripps finds inequalities in nursing home care
Lee Bowman and Thomas Hargrove of Scripps Howard News Service looked into nursing homes around the country and found the…
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CDC: Nearly 1 percent of U.S. kids have autism
An average of one in 110 children have an autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study of the health…
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Daschle pushes health IT to Obama, clients profit
South Dakota Democrat and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is not registered as a lobbyist, and has not held…
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Calif. SSI payouts insufficient, lacking in oversight
Capital Public Radio’s Kelley Weiss explored how cuts to California’s Supplemental Security Income were impacting older disabled Californians and, in…
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Lieberman: Joe’s looking out for folks at home
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has been a vocal burr in the saddle of the Democrat majority’s push for health care…
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Survey: Nation lacking in epidemiologists
Nearly 1,500 more epidemiologists are needed nationwide to sufficiently carry out public health duties, according to a survey of state…
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Medicaid kids more likely to get antipsychotics
New York Times reporter Duff Wilson reports on federally funded research that has revealed that children covered by Medicaid are…
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Panel recommends FDA restrict MRI scan drugs
An advisory panel has “recommended Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration effectively ban, for patients with severe kidney disease,…
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Series examines life expectancy disparities
In their Contra Costa Times series “Shortened Lives,” Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman start by profiling three different people from…
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