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- WHO issues Tamiflu guidelines in preparation for swine flu and predicts an 'explosion' of cases
The World Health Organization says healthy people who catch swine flu don't need antiviral drugs like Tamiflu.
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- Consumers devouring nutrient-spiked foods, drinks
Americans have a hearty appetite for so-called "functional foods."
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- Swine flu cases climb among US soldiers in Iraq
The Iraqi health ministry says the number of American troops in Iraq diagnosed with swine flu has climbed to 67.
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- HIV campaign educating Kentuckians
It's a test health officials say more people need to get. Today they recognized a national campaign in Kentucky aimed at getting more people for HIV. They are targeting African Americans and Hispanics, but are hoping they're message reaches everyone.
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- Feds to issue new swine flu advice to schools
Government health officials are announcing new swine-flu guidelines this morning, in an effort to help schools avoid the panic and confusion of last spring's oubreak.
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- House panel prepares to wrap up health care bill
A key House panel is expected to complete work today on sweeping health care legislation.
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- Reid: No health care vote in Senate until fall
The top Democrat in the Senate says lawmakers won't vote until after August on health care, a blow to President Barack Obama's ambitious timetable.
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- Study: Medicare prescription drug program working
Medicare's prescription drug plan is a success -- sort of. A new Kaiser Family Foundation study shows Medicare Part D has largely met its main goal of making livesaving medicines more affordable to seniors.
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- Anti-meat group sues, says hot dogs need warnings
Hot dogs may be as American as baseball and apple pie, but an anti-meat advocacy group says they're hazardous to your health and should carry warning labels.
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- Scientists find HIV's 'missing link' in ill chimps
Scientists may have found a "missing link" in the evolution of the virus that causes AIDS.
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- Australia starts 1st swine flu vaccine trials
The world's first human trials of a swine flu vaccine have begun in Australia.
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- Obama: health care reform urgent, indisputable
President Barack Obama says it is time for the country to take action on his proposed health care overhaul because "we've talked this problem to death."
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- First House votes planned on health care bills
Some House Democrats are ready to move forward on a massive, $1.5 trillion plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system.
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- Senate health committee passes health care bill
The Senate health committee has passed legislation to revamp health care, becoming the first congressional committee to act on President Barack Obama's goal of overhauling the system this year.
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- Obama pressuring Senate as House health overhaul bill debuts today
House Democrats are moving ahead with sweeping health-care legislation that they expect to announce today.
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- Swine Flu vaccinations expected to be ready this fall
The federal government is telling the states it's time to come up with a plan for vaccinating people against swine flu.
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- House Democrats look at taxing the rich to fund coverage for poor
House Democrats working on a health-care overhaul are considering taxing the highest-paid wage earners to help fund health-care coverage for the 50 million people who lack it.
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- Biden announces White House deal with hospitals
Vice President Joe Biden has announced a White House deal with the hospitals to help pay for President Barack Obama's overhaul of health care.
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- EU warns of antitrust probes into drug makers
The European Union is warning of a wave of antitrust probes into major drug makers Wednesday, saying they were deliberately stalling cheaper generic medicines.
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- WHO paper: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV
The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine.
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- Obama takes health care pitch to Virginia
President Barack Obama is taking his pitch for health care revisions to Virginia, holding a town hall forum and fielding questions via the Internet.
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- FDA panel to vote on painkiller restrictions to reduce overdoses
Government experts are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether Nyquil and other combination cold medications should be pulled from the market to help curb deadly overdoses.
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- Health care costs to rise 9 pct in 2010
A consulting firm estimates employers who offer health insurance coverage could see a 9 percent cost increase next year.
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- Democrats' health-care bill faces first test in Senate committee
The Senate Health Committee is set to start work on a health-care bill today.
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- WHO likely to declare flu pandemic
Officials say the World Health Organization is likely to declare the first flu pandemic in 41 years as swine flu infections continued to climb in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere.
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- Senate to vote on FDA power to regulate tobacco
The House has already passed a similar bill, and resolution of relatively minor differences would send it to President Barack Obama, who supports it.
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- UK receives cancer grant
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The University of Kentucky has received a continuation of a federal grant to help prevent certain cancers among people who live in southeastern Kentucky.
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- Eight new swine flu cases confirmed
...the state total to 32 confirmed cases Friday ... New flu cases confirmed in Madison, Mercer, Scott, Jefferson counties
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- Cigarette design making smoking more risky?
It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago - at least in the U.S.
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- Free Counseling Services Coming to Hazard
Starting May 18th, a local college will offer free counseling in Perry County, a service to help students and the community alike.
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- H1N1 Case Confirmed In Lexington
A possible case of swine flu in Fayette County is now confirmed.
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- Probable H1N1 Case Reported In Owensboro Area
... brings total of probable Ky cases to four
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- Former FDA Chief Says Bad Foods May Hijack Overeaters' Brains
Dr. David Kessler is a former Food and Drug Administration chief who launched the government's attack on cigarettes. He's now targeting foods he says are "layered and loaded" with fat, sugar and salt.
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- Maggots In Bedsore Prompts Winchester Facility Lawsuits
...The same facility has faced numerous state and federal sanctions in the past two years
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- FDA Seeks Quicker Test for Salmonella Detection
Right now, it can take as long as nine days to identify the most common food contaminants, and the Food and Drug Administration is sounding the alarm for a quicker test.
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- Obama to Reverse Bush-Era Stem Cell Policy
President Barack Obama today is lifting his predecessor's limits on funding stem cell research.
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- Flu Cancels Classes
SUMMIT, Ky. (AP) - Two eastern Kentucky school districts have canceled classes because of a high number of flu cases.
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- President Hosts Health Summit
President Barack Obama launches his bid to overhaul health care today with a White House summit on how to proceed.
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- Sickness Hits The Bluegrass Hard
First it was the stomach virus now it seems more and more are coming in with flu symptoms.
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- Vilsack Calls for Stricter Food Labels
The Obama administration is throwing out food labeling rules proposed by the Agriculture Department just before George W. Bush left office.
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- Doctors Hail Court Ruling on Vaccines
Doctors are praising today's court ruling against families who claimed a link between vaccines and autism. - Study Says Pregnancy Doesn't Worsen Breast Cancer
The results for both recurring cancer or death among the study group was found to be the same as among women in the same age group who had not become pregnant.
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- Obama: Kids' Health Insurance Bill "Only the First Step"
President Barack Obama is calling the State Children's Health Insurance Program "only the first step."
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- Flu Off to Slow Start but Don't Get Complacent Yet
Flu season is making a slow start this winter. There are widespread cases reported in only two states: Virginia and New Jersey.
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- Church-run Psyche Hospital Under State Investigation
... the Cabinet for Health and Family services has concluded the hospital "failed to assure the safety of at least one patient.
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- Study: Smoking Ban Leads to Major Drop in Heart Attacks
A government study suggests that secondhand smoke is a very serious public health threat.
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- Nation's First Face Transplant Done in Cleveland
The nation's first near-total face transplant has been done on a woman at the Cleveland Clinic, the hospital announced Tuesday.
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- FDA Plans More Research On BPA
Federal health officials are standing firm despite criticism for declaring that a controversial chemical is safe.
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- World Health Organization: Cancer to be World's Top Killer by 2010
The World Health Organization warns that the rising use of tobacco will help turn cancer into the world's top killer by 2010.
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- Suicide Could Cost Ky. Hospital Medicare Money
... Baptist Hospital East told it has until Dec. 14 to correct problems found by state inspectors who determined the "hospital failed to assure this patient's safety."
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