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The Information Edge And Beating A Stroke
By Richard Knox Our coverage on beating a stroke last week, about a Massachusetts woman's successful treatment with a clot-busting drug called t-PA, got a tremendous response, including this message from Erin Hastings of San Francisco: Tanya Gill...
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Mon, Dec 21 2009 1:01 PM
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Merck Hires Ex-CDC Chief Gerberding To Run Vaccines Unit
By Joanne Silberner Dr. Julie Gerberding, the first woman to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was just named president of Merck's vaccine division. Dr. Julie Gerberding, then head of the CDC, testifying before Congress in 2007...
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Mon, Dec 21 2009 11:20 AM
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Senators Bring Home Bacon For Overhaul Votes
By Christopher Weaver This weekend the price tag for the Senate health overhaul bill climbed to $871 billion -- from $848 billion in November. So what does that extra $23 billion get? Among other things, the votes of several wavering Democratic lawmakers...
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Mon, Dec 21 2009 9:52 AM
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Sanofi Leads Deal Frenzy With Chattem Purchase
By Scott Hensley The snow hasn't stopped pharmaceutical dealmakers from last-minute shopping. No patent worries a little lotion can't ease. (Chattem) Sanofi-Aventis has agreed to pay $1.9 billion for Chattem, a seller of over-the-counter remedies...
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Mon, Dec 21 2009 8:30 AM
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Senate Democrats Clear Hurdle For Health Overhaul
By Scott Hensley Democrats took their most important step yet toward passing a law to remake the nation's health system with a procedural vote in the wee hours Monday morning that clears the way for passage this week. A record-setting blizzard in...
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Mon, Dec 21 2009 4:19 AM
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CDC Finds About 1 Percent Of Kids Have Autism
By Jon Hamilton Figures just out from the U.S. government suggest there's been an explosion in autism cases in the past few years. (iStockphoto.com) Or not. It all depends who you ask. The numbers themselves aren't in dispute. They come from the...
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Fri, Dec 18 2009 1:04 PM
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Senate Slogs Toward Vote Showdown On Health Overhaul
By April Fulton Another weekend, another marathon Senate session hangs over our heads like a raincloud, or, more accurately, a snow cloud. The Senate's Christmas plans may hinge on Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson's health vote. (Alex Wong/Getty Images...
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Fri, Dec 18 2009 10:55 AM
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Sock Puppet Lieberman Wants A Pony For Health Vote
By Scott Hensley Don't read our posting of this video from MoveOn.org, a liberal advocacy group, as an endorsement of anything but humor. Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman grabbed the spotlight early in the week by saying he couldn't vote for a health...
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Fri, Dec 18 2009 8:58 AM
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Swine Flu Vaccine Gets Easier To Find
By Scott Hensley If you've been putting off getting immunized against the new H1N1 virus because the vaccine was too hard to come by, it's time to reconsider. Nurses in Indianapolis prepare the swine flu vaccine at a clinic in October. (Darron...
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Fri, Dec 18 2009 5:23 AM
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As Seen On TV, Food Kids Shouldn't Be Eating
By Maggie Mertens Fewer than one percent of television commercials for food aimed at kids are for the type of food healthy enough that they should eat it every day, according to a study out this week. What is he picking up about food? (iStockphoto.com...
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Thu, Dec 17 2009 11:30 AM
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Nearly 60 Million Went Without Health Coverage In Recent Year
By Scott Hensley How many people in this country are without insurance? About 60 million during all or part of a recent year, according to an estimate just out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From interviews by the Census Bureau,...
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Thu, Dec 17 2009 10:12 AM
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'Is that So?' Looks At Taxes and Health Overhaul
By Julie Rovner Today we're bringing you a web-extra edition of our popular fact-checking series, "Is That So?" Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has a tax bone to pick. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) --> Topic...
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Thu, Dec 17 2009 7:30 AM
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Senators Who Voted Against Drug Imports Got More Big Pharma Money
By Peter Overby Nobody on Capitol Hill takes kindly to a spreadsheet that lines up their campaign contributions with their floor votes. But that's what Maplight.org, a nonprofit database operation, has just done, producing a mashup with the tally...
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Thu, Dec 17 2009 5:58 AM
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Proposal To Limit Drugmakers' Use Of Prescription Info Fades
By Maggie Mertens An amendment to ban drugmakers' use of prescription data to hone their marketing to doctors has been whisked off the health overhaul table before even seeing debate. A Senate staffer told Reuters the proposal isn't likely to...
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Wed, Dec 16 2009 1:40 PM
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Reading Of Sanders Amendment Stalls Senate Health Debate
By Scott Hensley Sorry to go all procedural on you. We aim to run a blog about health rather than legislative minutiae. But the Senate clerk is now reading a 767-page amendment from Vermont's very independent Sen. Bernie Sanders to the Democrats'...
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Wed, Dec 16 2009 10:56 AM
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