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• Daschle confirmation hearing today
WASHINGTON - Showing the emphasis that some lawmakers are putting on health care issues this year, former Sen. Tom Daschle will be the first of President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet choices to undergo a hearing. Daschle, Obama's pick as the next ...
• Drugmakers aim to polish image with ad blitz
The pharmaceutical industry, confronting sluggish growth, low prestige and the prospect of more-aggressive government oversight, is moving on several fronts to burnish its image and align itself rhetorically with the health reform goals of President ...
• City Cuts Funding To Bedbug Inspection Program
The Health Department’s bedbug inspection program has fallen prey to budget cuts. The $291,000 needed for the program got axed, despite the fact that the number of calls for inspections shot up 10-fold last year. "We've been very up front and ...
• House to vote on Obama-favored health plan
Jan. 6: The 111th Congress was on Capitol Hill today, taking part in a mock swearing-in ceremony, among other things. Roland Burris’ credentials were denied. And Minnesota’s Senate race isn’t officially resolved. What’s going on? Rachel ...
• Lab reveals problem with vitamin D testing
Aetna, the insurer, said it was notified by Quest about the problem on Oct. 8. "We did not, however, see any immediate health issues ... that would have required additional action or intervention on our part," spokeswoman Wendy Morphew said in a ...