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Gerberding’s CDC legacy debated Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA By Craig Schneider, Jeffry Scott Since President-elect Barack Obama accepted the resignation of the head of the nation’s leading public health agency last ... See all stories on this topic

Washington Times Democrats set vote to tighten health gap Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA "I'm not saying that they want to do health care incrementally, but I think they do see some [health care] pieces that can be done earlier, and they're just ... See all stories on this topic

Pro-Con: Should Barack Obama nominate CNN medical expert Sanjay ... Kansas City Star - MO,USA President-elect Obama is working hard to avoid the mistakes of President Clinton in the last great health care battle, that of 1993-94. ... See all stories on this topic

Obama initiative kindles hopes on health-care front Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA By STEVE EDER Near the top of President-elect Barack Obama's agenda are his ambitious plans to put health insurance within reach of more Americans than ever ... See all stories on this topic

Cellphones' Growth Does a Number on Health Research Washington Post - United States In public health, pretty much everything depends on good data. Researchers and policymakers can't identify a problem, figure out whether it's serious and ... See all stories on this topic

Tub of peanut butter checked for link to salmonella outbreak USA Today - USA The Minnesota Department of Health said Friday that a tub of the peanut butter from a nursing home that had patients ill with the national outbreak strain ... See all stories on this topic

Obama-Daschle “reform” will cripple American health care Washington Examiner - Washington,DC,USA Tom Daschle to serve as both the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the director of the newly created White House Office for Health Reform. ... See all stories on this topic

The Associated Press Fixing US economy's health is a boon for DC region The Associated Press Losses in construction and retail jobs are being offset by gains in federal government positions as well as health and business services, according to ... See all stories on this topic

Peanut Butter Eyed as Source of Salmonella Outbreak Washington Post - United States 10(HealthDay News) -- An Ohio peanut butter distributor issued a voluntary recall Saturday for two brands of peanut butter after health officials in ... See all stories on this topic

Tracking source of salmonella outbreak a complicated process Detroit Free Press - United States By now, as federal and state health officials track down the offending food source, almost all those people are back to normal, as are the hundreds more who ... See all stories on this topic