Articles filed under Health
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Buffett declines to clarify plan to eventually replace himMar 01, 2015 10:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire Warren Buffett didn't end the speculation about his eventual successor, but he reiterated Monday that Berkshire Hathaway's board has a pla...
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US construction spending down 1.1 percent in JanuaryMar 01, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. construction spending fell in January, reflecting weakness in spending on office buildings and other nonresidential projects and in government act...
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Senators: Our plan for fixing health careMar 01, 2015 12:00 am - Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about whether the Obama administration used the IRS to deliver health insurance subsidies to Americans in violation...
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GOP senators pledge help if SCOTUS bars health law subsidiesMar 01, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Three leading Republican senators are promising to help millions of people who may lose federal health insurance subsidies if the Supreme Court invalidates ...
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Survey: Parents increasingly ask doctors to delay vaccinesMar 01, 2015 12:00 am - Parents have increasingly pressured doctors to delay vaccines for young children, making their kids and others vulnerable to preventable diseases, a study suggests. The ...
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Sierra Leone's vice president in quarantine for EbolaFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone's vice president has put himself in quarantine following the death from Ebola of one of his security guards. Vice President Sa...
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Newspaper: Nurse who survived Ebola says hospital failed herFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - DALLAS (AP) - A 26-year-old nurse said in a newspaper interview that a hospital where she had worked in Dallas and its parent company failed her when she contracted Ebol...
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Doctors say fitness trackers, health apps can boost careFeb 28, 2015 6:31 am - HACKENSACK, N.J. - That phone app keeping track of your exercise and meals might keep you out of the hospital one day. Why give your doctors permission to incorporate da...
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Sierra Leone registers rise in new Ebola casesFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - President Ernest Bai Koroma reinstated restrictions in Sierra Leone in response to the rise in confirmed cases of Ebola. Sierra Leone recor...
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UN plans decision in August on mass Ebola vaccine programFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - The World Health Organization says a decision will be made in August whether to recommend a program of mass vaccination against Ebola in affected countries...