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Feds Failing To Act On Antibiotic Resistance Despite Grave Threat, Health ... - Huffington Post


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Feds Failing To Act On Antibiotic Resistance Despite Grave Threat, Health ...
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Public health advocates are fuming over a new court ruling that they say could hasten the coming of the next pandemic. In a 2-1 decision released Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
US court upholds FDA animal feed policy despite public health concernFox News

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'Health happens aquí' - The Salinas Californian


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'Health happens aquí'
The Salinas Californian
That meeting in 2010 had been convened by the Building Healthy Communities initiative. Today, Ambriz, 20, is about to begin her junior year at UC Santa Cruz. She is an intern working on the upcoming Ciclovia Salinas, a bicycle, health and fitness event ...

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Health care law debate heats up - Boston Globe


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Health care law debate heats up
Boston Globe
Jonathan Gruber, a major architect of the Affordable Care Act, twice made comments in 2012 that seem to support legal arguments advanced by opponents who are challenging the federal health insurance law in court. The remarks were captured in two ...
Ex-Obama Aide's Statements in 2012 Clash With Health Act StanceNew York Times
Health Law Architect's Taped Remarks Fuel Subsidy DebateWall Street Journal (blog)

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States Try to Protect Health Exchanges From Court Ruling - Wall Street Journal

States Try to Protect Health Exchanges From Court Ruling
Wall Street Journal
A number of states are scrambling to show that they—not the federal government—are or will soon be operating their insurance exchanges under the 2010 health law, in light of two court decisions this week. The efforts are aimed at ensuring that ...

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Health: Security Concerns In Wake Of Mercy Wellness Center Shooting - CBS Local

Health: Security Concerns In Wake Of Mercy Wellness Center Shooting
CBS Local
It's an issue that our Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has been covering. We investigated this in April, with hospital staff being injured on the job and thus raising serious questions about safety. The Labor Department says health care is the leading ...
Suspect in hospital killing has history of gun arrests, mental health commitmentsPenn Live

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Health-Law Patients Boost Hospital Profits - Wall Street Journal

Health-Law Patients Boost Hospital Profits
Wall Street Journal
The hospitals' performances show the impact of an improving economy, along with a late rush of health-law enrollees in March and April who have now begun seeking care. About half of the eight million people who obtained coverage in health-law ...

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Cook County health board selects new leaders - Crain's Chicago Business

Cook County health board selects new leaders
Crain's Chicago Business
"I appreciate my fellow members placing their faith in me to lead the health system board with their help and that of our staff," Mr. Hammock said in the statement. "Our goal is to continue to serve all residents of Cook County with high quality health ...

Opaque System Obscures Support for Health Care Ad - New York Times


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Opaque System Obscures Support for Health Care Ad
New York Times
But the largest chunk of the money donated to the nonprofit group's advocacy effort came not from small-business owners, but rather from health insurance companies trying to repeal a health care tax, the most recently available federal tax records show.

State cannot accept more low-income enrollees for health care program now - Journal and Courier


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State cannot accept more low-income enrollees for health care program now
Journal and Courier
Indiana has received permission from the federal government to stop new enrollment for now in the current Healthy Indiana Plan that provides health care coverage for low-income Hoosiers. The reason is that Indiana's cigarette tax, which supports costs ...
Pence: No need for state health exchange, despite court rulingnwitimes.com

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Polk County health fair to offer free student physicals - DesMoinesRegister.com

Polk County health fair to offer free student physicals
DesMoinesRegister.com
Almost 1,300 students without adequate health insurance or access to health care attended a back-to-school health fair last year to obtain free physicals, dental screenings and immunizations. The program, called Jumpstart, returns Saturday at East High ...
Free Health Screenings to be Offered at Cville Health FairNBC 29 News

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