GE to Use Embryonic Stem Cells
General Electric is entering into a venture with Geron Corp to commercially develop products from human embryonic stem cells, including developing sample human...
Healthcare
An Unbalanced Town Hall on Healthcare Reform
President Barack Obama on July 1 continued to push his healthcare reform plans at a town hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College...
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CDC Reports on Insurance Coverage
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on July 1 released preliminary data for insurance coverage in America during 2008. According to the data,...
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VA Hospitals Botching Treatments
The Department of Veterans Affairs is at the center of a growing controversy over the improper treatment of veterans at VA hospitals. On...
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Obama Pushes Healthcare Plan on ABC
On June 24, ABC TV gave President Barack Obama interview time with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America, a prime-time special with both...
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Obama Signs Tobacco Regulation
President Barack Obama signed legislation on June 22 granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration broad powers to regulate many aspects of tobacco...
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The Cheerios Charade
If ever there was a textbook example of why a free people should think twice before tasking government with a job (much less...
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Healthcare Reform Details Emerge
Details of the various proposals for healthcare reform are beginning to emerge. House Democrats and Republicans are each formulating their own plans, while...
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Obama on Offsetting Healthcare Reform Costs
President Obama devoted his June 13 weekly address to outlining cost savings to offset the massive price tag for his proposed healthcare reform....
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Obama Promotes Healthcare Reform
As part of his efforts to promote healthcare reform, President Barack Obama attended a town hall meeting at Southwest High School in Green...
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Overdosing on Obama Healthcare
George Stephanopoulos informed ABC television watchers on May 11 that this is “probably the best chance we’ve had in 15 or 16 years...
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Healthcare Reform on the Fast Track
In the midst of his travels through the Middle East and Europe, President Barack Obama used his weekly address on June 6 to...
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Obama’s One-two Punch vs. Health Insurance Choice
“President Obama, in a pivot from some of his harshest campaign rhetoric, told Democratic senators [on June 2] that he is willing to...
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Swine Flu: Cure Worse Than the Disease
Every person with an ounce of common sense, and an equal amount of compassion for his fellow human beings, takes public health threats...
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Swine Flu Battle Called “Encouraging”
Though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said on May 4 that the virus it now officially designates as "novel...
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