Health Care Hopes and Realities
By The Editors This week, President Obama took his case for a public health insurance plan to the voters, campaign-style. On Capitol Hill, the war over the ...
Revisions to Health Bill Are Unveiled by Democrats
By JACKIE CALMES WASHINGTON — To warm words from President Obama, the Democratic leaders of the Senate health committee unveiled a revised plan Thursday to ...
China well prepared for cluster flu outbreak: health minister
CANCUN, Mexico, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China is well prepared to contain a cluster outbreak of A/H1N1 influenza, Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu said Friday. ...
Health-care reform reality
I am writing today to provide the American citizens some valuable insight into the discussion on health-care reform. These ideas may be the next step to ...
Swine Flu Death Toll in Argentina Climbs
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner with Dr. Juan Manzur, right, the health minister, at a hospital in Buenos Aires. By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO RIO DE ...
The Trust for America's Health: Annual obesity report released
The Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Foundation released its annual report on the nation's obesity rates July 1st. ...
Wal-Mart lends its support to employer health insurance mandate
Several years ago, Wal-Mart was the subject of a law in Maryland to force it to pay its “fair share” of health benefits for its part-time workers or face a ...
Why Swine Flu Differs From Seasonal Flu
Such distinctions, the US researchers said, can make a difference in establishing appropriate public health responses as the pandemic continues around the ...















