House narrowly passes healthcare overhaul
| |Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
The $1.2 trillion measure is approved 220-215, with one Republican voting yes.Read more
Comparing healthcare proposals
| |Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
Here is a comparison of the three healthcare bills before Congress, including one by House Democrats and an alternative by House Republicans.Read more
10 ways the House bill would change insurance
Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
These are some of the changes in the way health insurance would work in the United States under the House bill.Read more
House passes amendment prohibiting coverage of abortions in government-run healthcare plan
| |Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
Abortion-rights advocates call it the biggest setback in decades.Read more
President of Texas AARP has spent a lifetime debating healthcare
| |Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
The national organization has endorsed the House's reform bill.Read more
Hajj pilgrims won't be kept out of Saudi Arabia because of swine flu risk
|Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged the countries from which the pilgrims set out to take precautions.Read more
Renowned cardiologist wrote textbook on stents
|Friday, Nov. 06, 2009
Dr. Donald Baim, a renowned cardiologist and medical-device executive, died Friday after surgery for cancer, his family said in a statement.Read more
House Democratic leaders break abortion stalemate on healthcare bill
| |Friday, Nov. 06, 2009
Obama will visit the Capitol complex today to make one final pitch to Democrats.Read more
About one-third of adults seeking swine flu vaccine have been able to get it
| |Friday, Nov. 06, 2009
Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll.Read more
Throughout Europe, it's swine flu vaccination by invitation
| |Friday, Nov. 06, 2009
In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.Read more
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Former Cliburn head to play role in reviving once-prestigious Tchaikovsky competition
Just a few days before the April telephone call, Richard Rodzinski had read a lengthy profile of famed Russian conductor Valery Gergiev in The New York Times Sunday Magazine.
