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Obama's pick to lead on health care gets hearing
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.
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Daschle to Face Tough Questions on Competition in Health Insurance
At a confirmation hearing Thursday, Tom Daschle will most likely be asked about Barack Obama?s call for a new public health insurance plan.
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Sister of Vietnam bird flu patient dies: health official
The sister of a Vietnamese bird flu patient died in hospital last week, health officials said Thursday, while denying the virus was to blame, even though no tests were carried out before she was buried.
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Zimbabwe Cholera Deaths Climb to 1,778, UN Health Agency Says
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe rose to 1,778 after 35,931 people were infected with the bacterium, the World Health Organization said.
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NY Gov targets clean energy, health despite deficit
New York state should fight obesity, help more residents get health insurance and revive the upstate economy with a research consortium for hybrid car batteries and energy storage, Governor David Paterson proposed on Wednesday.
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Daschle's Confirmation Hearing to Focus on Health Care Overhaul
Tom Daschle may be in for a relatively easy time of it on Thursday, when his former Senate colleagues consider his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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House Dems to vote on Obama-favored health plan
House Democrats plan to give President-elect Barack Obama an early victory on health care, specifically children's health care, next week.
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Obama building grassroots support for health reform
When Shirley Hunter reviewed her finances to make sure she could afford to retire in 1999, she never banked on health care costs more than doubling in less than a decade.
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