 The Guardian | Health workers linked to CIA's Osama bin Laden assassination plot are sacked The Guardian Seventeen local health workers have been fired in Abbottabad for their part in a CIA scheme to try to confirm the presence of Osama bin Laden in the northern Pakistani town. The low-ranking health department employees were punished for helping Dr ... Pakistan health workers linked to CIA scheme fired Pakistan fires 17 health workers for allegedly helping doctor with fake CIA ... |
 USA TODAY | Health officials warn of mercury in skin cream Fox News Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet California health officials sent out a medical alert earlier this month after tracing the mercury poisoning of a 39-year-old Alameda County woman to an illegal skin-lightening cream smuggled in from Mexico. Mercury In Lightening Cream: California Health Officials Search For Risky Products Medical officials find mercury in lightening cream |
 Bloomberg | Community Health Systems Rises Most in 10 Months: Atlanta Mover BusinessWeek 22 (Bloomberg) -- Community Health Systems, the second-largest US hospital operator, surged the most in 10 months after reporting earnings that beat analyst estimates. Community Health gained 13 percent to $23.39 at 10:41 am New York time. Community Health Systems Shares Increase Most in 10 Months: Atlanta Mover Community Health profit tops analyst view Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2011 Results with Net ... |
Feds award health overhaul grants to 10 states Boston.com By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar AP / February 22, 2012 WASHINGTON—Federal officials say another 10 states are getting a total of $230 million to set up new health insurance markets under President Barack Obama's overhaul. Seven of them -- Colorado, ... |
 Daily Mail | Police: Victims in Korean spa shooting near Atlanta were 2 married couples ... Washington Post A gunman who was asked to leave a Korean health spa in an Atlanta suburb earlier in the day came back and shot two of his sisters and their husbands and then killed himself, police said Wednesday. Surveillance video showed the man walking into the Su ... 5 dead in shooting at health spa outside Atlanta 5 killed in Korean spa murder-suicide in Ga. Georgia health spa shooting: 5 dead after murder-suicide in Atlanta suburb |
 Washington Post | Why women's health issues are in the political spotlight Washington Post From the controversy surrounding President Obama's decision on contraceptives to Rick Santorum's comments on women in combat and in the home, McDonnell's decision is just another example of how women's health issues are currently in the political ... |
 USA TODAY | Feds loan $638M for health co-ops in 8 states CBS News Health care cooperatives that are being launched in eight states announced Tuesday they will receive a total of $638 million in loans from the Obama administration under the federal health insurance law. The administration said the new nonprofit health ... Health care co-ops in 8 states get federal loans Put Up or Shut Up Time -- For or Against the ACA Health Care Costs: The Art Of The Practical |
Community Health, FuelCell, Nabors, Netflix: U.S. Equity Movers San Francisco Chronicle Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH US) rallied 15 percent to $23.66 after climbing 16 percent earlier, the most intraday since April 12. The hospital operator reported earnings that beat analysts' estimates for the 12th consecutive quarter, ... |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Mental-Health Cuts by US States Risk Boosting Health Costs BusinessWeek 22 (Bloomberg) -- US states looking to balance budgets by cutting mental-health facilities and Medicaid payments risk increasing health-care costs by pushing psychiatric patients into emergency rooms. States trimmed 9.5 percent, or more than $1.6 ... Mental health patients lose out under new funding plan |
 Los Angeles Times | California rates health plans on quality measures San Jose Mercury News By Sandy Kleffman California's largest health plans have improved their care for diabetic patients, but many need to do better at treating children with throat infections, testing for lung disease and helping people overcome drug and alcohol addictions ... Kaiser Permanente Showcases Mobile Health Portfolio at HIMSS12 Health plans get mixed reviews in annual California report card |
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