Health Care
US Senate passes landmark health-care bill
Senate Democrats approved landmark legislation just after sunrise Christmas Eve that would transform the nation's health-care system by requiring people without insurance to obtain coverage and protecting those who have it from the most unpopular ...
US health bill would cost $829B, help cover 94 pct
WASHINGTON — Democrats are breathing a sigh of relief after a positive cost report on health care overhaul gave them a chance to rally around a Senate plan that significantly expands coverage while trimming the federal deficit.
US President warns of more uninsured -- without health overhaul
President Obama points today to a new Treasury report to warn that many Americans could face the loss of health insurance -- a plight that could be prevented with his health care overhaul plan.
Rep. Wilson shouts to Obama during speech: 'You lie'
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Republican House member shouted "You lie" during President Obama's health care speech to Congress on Wednesday, and members of both parties condemned the heckling.
Poll indicates generational split over health care
Americans appear split over President Barack Obama's health care proposals, according to a new national poll.
Philippines imposes price control on some medicines
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has imposed price controls on nearly two dozen drug brands after pharmaceutical companies failed to comply with a law lowering costs by 50 percent, officials said on Tuesday.
House Panel Approves US Health-Care Overhaul With Millionaire Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee approved the biggest overhaul of the U.S. health-care system in four decades, including a surtax of as much as 5.4 percent on the nation’s wealthiest households to help pay for it.
President Barack Obama will try to convince the nation’s largest group of doctors today that his plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system will lead to more efficient care and enhance the country’s fiscal health.
President Barack Obama will try to convince the nation’s largest group of doctors today that his plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system will lead to more efficient care and enhance the country’s fiscal health.
US health system 'plagued' by high cost and waste
Washington - The United States has one of the world's most advanced but also most complicated health care systems, plagued by widespread waste and costs that have escalated as the US population ages, experts say.
‘Vaccines shortage owing to withdrawal of licence’
NEW DELHI: The Government on Wednesday admitted that withdrawal of licence to three manufacturing units in Kasauli, Coonoor and Chennai has hit the availability of vaccines in the country but assured that efforts were being made to overcome the sh...
Govt Doctors On Indefinite Strike In Karnataka
Around 5,000 doctors working under the Department of Health and Family Welfare in Karnataka have threatened to deepen their two-day-old agitation, by paralysing emergency as well as postmortem services in government hospitals across the State.
People of Haryana and Punjab spend 40-45% on Health
According to the survey released on Tuesday, on an average, families in Punjab spend 44.9% of their income on health problems and the families in Haryana spend 40% of their income on health expences.
Orchid Chem, US Merck in drug discovery pact
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd and U.S.-based Merck & Co Inc will work together to develop new drugs to treat bacterial and fungal infections, the Indian firm said on Monday.
Zentiva accepts sweetened $2.6 bln Sanofi takeover
PARIS/PRAGUE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Czech generic drugmaker Zentiva accepted a higher takeover offer from France's Sanofi-Aventis that values Zentiva at around 1.8 billion euros ($2.6 billion), the companies said on Monday.
FDA Bans Import Of Generic Drugs From 2 Plants In India
The plants make 30 generic drugs sold in the United States, including generic versions of antibiotics such as Cipro and the cholesterol drug Zocor. The FDA has not recalled the drugs, but is stopping any more from coming into the country.
45.7 Million in US Lack Health Insurance
For the first time in years, fewer Americans lack health insurance. The U.S. Census Bureau today (Aug 26) announced that 45.7 million of us had no health insurance in 2007. That's 1.3 million fewer uninsured Americans than in 2006.
Doctors threaten resignation en-masse
BHUBANESWAR, Aug. 22: Protesting the government’s failure in fulfilling their demands despite the assurance given to them about six months ago, more than 3,000 government doctors have threatened to resign en-masse on 27 August. Addressing the Pre...
Merck Cancer Shot Not Economical for Adult Women, Study Finds
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co.'s Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine isn't worth the cost for women over 18 years old, according to a study that may undercut the drugmaker's marketing efforts for that age group.
Merck Vioxx Trial Was Strategy to Boost Sales, Researchers Say
Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- A Merck & Co. study of Vioxx that the company said showed whether the painkiller was easier on the stomach than an older drug was actually a marketing tool to boost sales, according to researchers.