Obama tells voters to push Congress for health care Kansas City Star More News | President Barack Obama took his pitch for health care legislation on the road Monday, urging voters in suburban Philadelphia to make their voices heard above the political echo chamber in Washington and demand an up-or-down vote now in Congress. | "It's time to make a decision. The time ...
Obama pushes on: Congress must follow his plea to act on health care Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | As Congress inched toward passing health care legislation, President Barack Obama seemed too aloof from the process. Not anymore. Now he's on the offensive to resuscitate an effort that seemed dead when Massachusetts voters deprived Democrats of their filibuster-proof Senate majority. | Mr. Obama ...
Abbott Labs to pay $450 million for Facet Biotech, expand access to biotechnology drugs Star Tribune | NEW YORK - Drug and medical products company Abbott Laboratories said Tuesday it will buy Facet Biotech Corp. for about $450 million in cash, expanding the company's access to biotechnology drugs, including a potential treatment for multiple sclero...
Mt. Lebanon Family's Drug Company Lawsuit Heads To US Supreme Court WPXI MT. LEBANON, Pa. -- A Mt. Lebanon couple’s lawsuit against a drug company is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. | Russell and Robalee Bruesewitz claim their daughter, Hannah, started having seizures just two hours after she got her third diphtheria, p...
Rush University Medical Center to pay $1.5M to settle lawsuit Chicago Business By: Mike Colias March 09, 2010 | (Crain’s) – Rush University Medical Center has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that it violated rules in dealings with some physicians groups, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday. | Th...
Lawsuits could cost Toyota $3B-plus Newsday | March 9, 2010 Quick Summary | Class-action lawsuits by disgruntled Toyota owners could cost company at least $3 billion | Photo credit: AP | A mechanic checks a vehicle at a Toyota dealer on Monday, March 1, 2010. | MIAMI - (AP) — Toyota owners c...
Obama urges Dems to seize moment on health care The Examiner Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Support from his own party in doubt, President Barack Obama summoned more than a dozen House Democrats to the White House Thursday, pleading with ...
Some Dems are wary of Obama's final health push The Press Democrat | "I think he has succeeded in prying open a window of opportunity, but it's a very narrow window," said first-term Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va. "And he and the leadership here had b...
NH court refuses to reconsider $110M ruling The Boston Globe | CONCORD, N.H.-The New Hampshire Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its ruling rejecting the state's claim to $110 million surplus from a fund that underwrites medical malpractice insurance. | In January, the court upheld policyholders' claim t...
Fosamax: Is Long Term Use of Bone Strengthening Drug Linked to Fractures? ABC News By DR. RICHARD BESSER, CHRISTINE ROMO and LARA SALAHI | March 9, 2010 | Sandy Potter, 59 of Queens, New York, was jumping rope with neighborhood children when she felt her thigh bone snap. | "I went up in the air and I came straight down to the groun...
Windsor nurses allege doctor made sexual comments CBC | Windsor police are investigating allegations that an off-duty emergency room doctor at HĂ´tel-Dieu Grace Hospital was intoxicated and made sexual advances to two nurses. | Staff allege the doctor came to the hospital between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. last ...
DoH working on new round of drug price cuts Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Health is 'working on' another round of drug price cuts before President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's term ends next June, according to DoH Secretary Esperanza Cabral. | However, Cabral said, they were 'not making any promises.' | The first two rounds of voluntary price reductions by some 20 local pharmaceutical...
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Need to study pest resistance to Bt cotton, says Jairam The Hindu | Special Correspondent | I also saw report from Central Institute for Cotton Research | For nuclear plant at Jaitapur, only site clearance is granted | Environment and development have to be balanced | MUMBAI: Reacting to reports on Monsanto's admission of pest resistance to its transgenic cotton, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest...
