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Obama: Flu 'concern, not alarm'
The Swampby Mark Silva Near the close of a week in which the federal government declared a public health emergency because of swine flu - make that H1N1 virus - and the numbers of cases confirmed inside the United States multiplied......Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Heads of State, Health, National Government
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Swine flu: 'Encouraging signs,' CDC says
The Swampby Mark Silva Federal health authorities see "encouraging signs'' that the new flu outbreak is not as severe as many feared when much of the attention toward "swine flu,'' now called the H1N1 virus, focused on deaths in Mexico. While......Tags: Janet Napolitano, Symbols and Symbolism, White House, Entertainment, Health
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CDC director named: N.Y. commissioner
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama today named Dr. Thomas Frieden, currently commissioner of the New York City Health Department, to serve as director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Rich Besser, who has served as......Tags: White House, Government, Diseases and Illnesses, New York, Health and Safety at School
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Corbin's lawyer contends 'selective' prosecution
Spin CycleSince taking over as Nassau Legis. Roger Corbin???s lawyer, Garden City Attorney Thomas Liotti has maintained the feds are prosecuting the Westbury Democrat because he is African-American. In a motion filed in court to bar the publishing of Corbin???s.......Tags: Tom Daschle, Minority Groups, Timothy Geithner, Justice System, Lawyers
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Obama, the night the stars came out
The Swampby Mark Silva First Lady Michelle Obama sat next to "the Boss'' last night. Seated on her other side at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington was the president of the United States, there to......Tags: White House, John F. Kennedy, Edward Norton, Relentless7 (music group), Sharon Stone
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Sebelius' healthcare: 'This is not a trick'
The Swampby Mark Silva Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services, says this of the Obama administration's goals for healthcare reform: "This is not a trick.'' She is speaking, in an interview airing this morning on National Public Radio's Morning.....Tags: Heads of State, Entertainment, NPR, National Government, Government
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Obama on healthcare: 'No unanimity'
The Swampby Mark Silva In a debate such as the fight over healthcare reform, understatement can be an art form. "There's no perfect unanimity across the table in terms of every single aspect of reform,'' President Barack Obama said today, after......Tags: Lawrence Summers, White House, National Government, Government, Valerie Jarrett
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Obama's healthcare bid: Personal now
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Noam N. Levey President Obama is becoming more personally invested in rallying the public and Congress behind a healthcare overhaul, even as some Republicans raise the stakes in the debate by claiming that defeating his plan......Tags: Republican Party, White House, Health, National Government, Government
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Obesity: Americans 4.6 billion lbs. over
The Swampby Kristina Sherry There's good and bad news when it comes to American obesity, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said today at an event to address the nation's increasingly costly and deadly weight problem. The inaugural conference...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Private Health Care, United States
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Healthcare protests: Staged opposition
The Swampby Janet Hook An effigy of Rep. Frank Kratovil Jr. was hung outside his office on the eastern shore of Maryland. Rep. Steve Kagen of Wisconsin was shouted down by angry constituents. Rep. Timothy H. Bishop of New York had......Tags: Government, New York, Texas, Arlen Specter, Lloyd Doggett
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Public health-care option optional: WH
The Swamp"The public option... is not the entirety'' of health-care reform, the president says in the encounter shown above in Colorado, where a young man challenges the president to an "Oxford-style'' debate on competition in health-care. by Andrew Zajac The...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, White House, Medical Services, Medicare, Government
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Health-care public option: 'Preference'
The Swampby Mark Silva Despite whatever "signals'' the White House may have given about giving up on the so-called "public option'' in health-care reform, the White House has not given up, the White House says. Nevertheless, the signal has been sent......Tags: White House, Medical Services, Government, Armed Forces, Insurance
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