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Pelosi predicts passage of health care reform (AP)
Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:14:58 GMT

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, speaks as others, including Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., listen outside the Cannon Caucus Room after meeting with President Obama about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. In the back are Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.


Alaska island village hit by suspected swine flu (AP)
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:05:19 GMT

This October 2002 picture provided by Dr. David Head of the Norton Sound Health Corporation shows the village of Diomede on Little Diomede Island in extreme western Alaska. So many of the 130 residents of the isolated community have been stricken with flu-like symptoms that the Alaska Army National Guard stepped in with a Black Hawk helicopter to transport a medical team there from Nome 135 miles away. The medics arrived Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 to administer doses of swine flu vaccine and deliver enough medicine to treat every resident if necessary. (AP Photo/Norton Sound Health Corporation, David Head)AP - Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island — prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.


In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only (AP)
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:26 GMT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 file photo, a nurse prepares an injection with the vaccine Pandemrix in Bremen, Germany. In Germany, doctors have also been contacting high-priority patients to come in for their swine flu shot, though other people who have asked for one have not been turned away. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)AP - In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.


Poll: One-third able to get swine flu vaccine (AP)
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:29:00 GMT

UPDATES with most recent information; graphic shows the weekly number of swine flu vaccine shipments since Oct. 14; includes state-by-state breakdown for most recent weekAP - Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday.


FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs (AP)
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:11 GMT

AP - The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup got swine flu vaccine (AP)
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:53:15 GMT

This April 16, 2009 file photo, shows a sign at the Citigroup Center in New York. Some of New York City's largest employers - including  Citigroup - have started receiving doses of the much-in-demand swine flu vaccine for their at-risk employees.  The swine flu vaccine has been in short supply nationwide because of manufacturing delays, resulting in long lines at clinics and patients being turned away at doctor's offices.  The government has recommended that the limited supply go first to high-risk groups: children and young people through age 24, people caring for infants under 6 months, pregnant women and health care workers. Citigroup has received 1,200 doses, health officials said.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged.


Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study (AFP)
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:30 GMT

Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.


'All-natural' sex pill contains Viagra chemical: FDA (AFP)
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:22:55 GMT

The logo of the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.(FDA)AFP - The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.


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