Health Issues

China seeks to show pope, world its organ program reforms
Feb 6, 2017

China seeks to show pope, world its organ program reforms

China is stepping up its efforts to convince the international medical community that it has stopped using executed prisoners as organ donors


Feb 3, 2017

Nanny donates portion of liver to save 16-month-old's life

A 16-month-old New Jersey girl's life has been saved by her nanny, a University of Pennsylvania student who donated a portion of her liver to aid the child


Feb 2, 2017

Repeal of health law could mean women pay more for less

From a return to higher premiums for women to gaps in coverage for birth control and breast pumps, the Republican push to repeal the Obama-era health care law already is raising concerns that women could be hit hard


Feb 2, 2017

Brazil ex-first lady no longer has brain function

Doctors and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva say Brazil's former first lady no longer has brain function and they are preparing to donate her organs


Feb 1, 2017

Entrepreneurs: Health law changes may mean finding new jobs

Stay in business for themselves or go back to working for someone else


Jan 31, 2017

Tuesday night deadline for 'Obamacare' coverage

Overnight Tuesday is the deadline to sign up for coverage under the federal health care law


Jan 29, 2017

California looks to build $7 billion legal pot economy

California regulators face a daunting task: By next year, they must create regulations that will govern the state's $7 billion legal marijuana market


Jan 27, 2017

Ryan sidesteps Trump's goal of health coverage for all

House Speaker Paul Ryan has sidestepped an opportunity to embrace President Donald Trump's goal of "insurance for everybody."


Jan 27, 2017

AP-NORC Poll: Broad worries about potential health care loss

Though "Obamacare" still divides Americans, a new poll finds a majority worried about people losing coverage if the 2010 law is repealed in the nation's long-running political standoff over health care


Jan 27, 2017

Trump administration pulls back on HealthCare.gov ads

The Trump administration says it is pulling back advertising to promote HealthCare.gov as open enrollment draws to a close for this year


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