Pfizer closing, reorganizing research labs

By LINDA A. JOHNSON| The Associated Press|Monday, Nov. 09, 2009

The plan will boost research productivity and save money, two executives say.Read more

Obama's healthcare vision has less support in Senate

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR| The Associated Press|Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009

The Senate has yet to schedule debate on the plan approved Saturday by the House.Read more

Grocers irked to find out soy milk nonorganic

By BARRY SHLACHTER| barry@star-telegram.com|Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009

Dean Foods says distributors should've told stores that Silk soy milk is no longer organic.Read more

House narrowly passes healthcare overhaul

By DAVID ESPO| The Associated Press|Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009

The $1.2 trillion measure is approved 220-215, with one Republican voting yes.Read more

Comparing healthcare proposals

By ERICA WERNER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR| The Associated Press|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

By ERICA WERNER| The Associated Press|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

By DIANNA HUNT| dhunt@star-telegram.com|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

The Associated Press|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

The Associated Press|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