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• Doctors can refuse abortions, agency says
A look at the quotable foreign policy speeches that define George W. Bush’s presidency. Produced by Kevin Flynn and Lisa Desai. WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Thursday proposed stronger job protections for doctors and other health care ...
• Alabama workers to pay for extra pounds
The State Employees’ Insurance Board this week approved a plan to charge state workers starting in January 2010 if they don’t have free health screenings.
• Vaccine refusals fuel jump in measles outbreaks
ATLANTA - Measles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday. Worried doctors are troubled by the trend fueled ...
• Medicare gap leads to elderly skipping drugs
But many lawmakers and health analysts say improvements could be made. "If a new president and Congress consider changes to the drug benefit, it will be important to keep in mind that the coverage gap has consequences for some patients with serious ...
• Report: Movie smoking inspires teens to puff
Health experts at the news conference called for much more money for such media efforts. They said 1969 legislation banning smoking advertising in broadcast media and other curbs have led tobacco companies to shift marketing tactics.