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Market Snapshot: Financials lead Dow's April rise; health care lags
One wouldn’t know it looking at this week’s flu-inspired gains for health care, but the sector is shaping up as the biggest loser in an otherwise bright month for stocks. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:48:12 GMT)
Health Highlights: April 28, 2009
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:03:44 GMT)
Vote set for Obama's health chief amid flu worries
Senators are likely to confirm Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of health and human services on Tuesday, as the Obama administration grapples with an outbreak of swine flu. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:18:22 GMT)
US 'very concerned' about reporter's health in Iran
The United States said Tuesday it was "very concerned" about the health of US-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi, said to be on a hunger strike in a Tehran jail, and urged her release. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:23:13 GMT)
2 new swine flu cases in Canada: health officials
The number of people infected with swine flu in Canada rose to eight Tuesday, after health officials confirmed two cases in the western province of Alberta. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:24:17 GMT)
U.S. Senate approves health chief amid flu fears
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as health secretary, filling a crucial spot in President Barack Obama's cabinet amid growing fears of a possible swine flu pandemic. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:13:09 GMT)
US Senate confirms Obama health secretary
The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Barack Obama's nominee to be health and human services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, against the backdrop of global swine flu fears. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:01:57 GMT)
Senate studies options for health care overhaul
Doctors and hospitals would see big changes in how they're paid and what they're expected to do under proposals lawmakers will consider Wednesday as they narrow options for health care legislation. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:03:55 GMT)
Sebelius sworn in as U.S. health secretary
Former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in as U.S. health secretary on Tuesday in an Oval Office ceremony attended by President Barack Obama just hours after the Senate confirmed her nomination. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:37:37 GMT)
Confirmed for HHS, Sebelius turns to health care, swine flu
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services secretary. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:46:00 GMT)
Sebelius sworn in as Health and Human Services secretary
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in Tuesday night as secretary of Health and Human Services. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:35:04 GMT)
Obama health secretary sworn in as flu fears loom
President Barack Obama's new Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in shortly after her confirmation by the US Senate, against the backdrop of global swine flu fears. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:49:21 GMT)
Senate confirms health secretary nominee
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:42:47 GMT)
Health Authorities Study Swine Flu's Differences in Severity
Health authorities raced yesterday to unravel the many mysteries about the ominous new swine flu spreading around the world, including how widely the virus might cause the severe form of illness that so far has been restricted to the epicenter of the outbreak in Mexico. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT)
Warming China-Taiwan Ties Get Taiwan a Pass to the World Health Assembly
After more than a decade of having its application blocked by China, Taiwan has received an invitation to attend the World Health Assembly -- and join the global fight against diseases like swine flu (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:33:42 GMT)
'One in 10' work in health sector
More than one in 10 of Northern Ireland's workforce is employed in the health and social care sector. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:49:29 GMT)
Top Health Care Short-Squeeze Plays
These heavily shorted health care stocks could surge higher on any positive catalyst. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:17:54 GMT)
EU health ministers to hold swine flu talks
EU officials say a Europe-wide travel advisory to avoid Mexico and unified prevention and treatment measures for swine flu will top the agenda Thursday at an emergency meeting of European Union health ministers. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:47:43 GMT)
Health Highlights: April 29, 2009
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:03:03 GMT)
As Flu Hits, Local Health Agencies Are Depleted by Slump
The recession has drained resources from the state and local health departments that now are the front line against a possible swine flu pandemic. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:11:55 GMT)
No swine flu vaccine before Sept: US health official
A top US health official told lawmakers that vaccines against seasonal flu likely to not protect against swine flu and that a vaccine against that deadly disease cannot be ready before September. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:33:26 GMT)
Partners of NM state retirees get health benefits
The state of New Mexico has agreed to offer health care coverage to domestic partners of retired government and educational workers. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:39:21 GMT)
ND Senate approves public health trust fund
North Dakota's Senate has narrowly approved establishing a public health trust fund in the state constitution. The idea's supporters argued the fund would be an improvement over an anti-tobacco ballot measure that voters endorsed last year. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:21:00 GMT)
World health officials urge governments to prepare for pandemic
WASHINGTON — The global threat from the swine flu outbreak reached its highest level yet on Wednesday as the World Health Organization urged government, business and health officials to start planning in earnest for a pandemic, which now appears unavoidable. (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:58:00 GMT)
Kyrene adds condom instruction to health curriculum
Board adopts health curriculum that includes discussing condoms for 7th and 8th graders. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:39:50 GMT)
World Health Org: Global Pandemic Imminent
The World Health Organization on Wednesday raised its alert level for the fast-spreading swine flu to its next-to-highest notch, signaling a global pandemic could be imminent. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:30:04 GMT)
Updates on Flu Spotlight New York?s Health Chief
Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the city?s 41st health commissioner, has been announcing the latest tally of swine flu cases in the meticulous, benevolent tones of the trusted family doctor. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:30:57 GMT)
Nargis one year on: Mental health
A mental health counsellor and patient share their experiences of working through post-Nargis trauma and anxiety. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:05:00 GMT)
Health of pupils 'is paramount'
A Devon principal says closing her school after one of the pupils was confirmed with swine flu was not an easy decision, but pupil health is "paramount". (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:46:46 GMT)
Magellan Health Net Income Declines
Magellan Health Net Income Declines (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:29:14 GMT)
Cardinal Health Earnings Per Share Down 12%
Cardinal Health Earnings Per Share Down 12% (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:44:08 GMT)
Personal Experience Weighs on Obama in Health Policy Debate
In discussing a medical decision his grandmother made, President Obama addressed the thorny issue of rationing health care. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:11:17 GMT)
Cardinal Health profit falls but pharma sales rise
Cardinal Health said Thursday that its first-quarter profit fell sharply on the back of a deferral in hospital capital spending even as its bulk pharmaceutical volume posted a hefty increase. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:38:09 GMT)
Global Health Officials Warn Flu Still Spreading
The World Health Organization is telling everyone to brace for the next flu pandemic. The WHO cites a steady increase in the number of people in nine countries who have fallen ill from a new virus that started in pigs and jumped to humans. The fast-moving virus has leaders all over the world struggling to find the right balance between preparedness and alarm. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:54:41 GMT)
Health Highlights: April 30, 2009
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:03:26 GMT)
CDC health chief: Travel by air and subway is safe
The US public is safe to travel by air or subway, a top public health official said Thursday, refuting a recommendation given over the swine flu outbreak by Vice President Joe Biden. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:48:46 GMT)
Personal Experience Weighs on Obama in Health Policy Debate
In discussing a medical decision his grandmother made, President Obama addressed the thorny issue of rationing health care. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:25:46 GMT)
Can Congress Make Health-Care Reform Pay for Itself?
Though fixing health care promises long-term savings, in the short term it will be costly. Finding the money will be a political challenge (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:50:00 GMT)
Health officials in US warn migrants about flu
As migrant workers from Mexico begin their journey north to take summer jobs in fields and construction sites across the U.S., public health officials and others are fanning out to intercept them at food lines and churches in hopes of stemming the spread of deadly swine flu. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:29:28 GMT)
Mexican health chief: Swine flu cases leveling off
Mexico's top health official said Thursday the number of new swine flu cases is stabilizing in the nation at the epicenter of the outbreak. Health secretary Jose Angel Cordova told a news conference he hoped the trend will continue and that a vaccine would be available in six months. European health ministers said they would speed efforts to develop such a vaccine. (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:27:10 GMT)
SEIU: Health care ad 'unfit to air'
The Service Employees International Union has asked CNN and Fox News to pull a health care commercial by the group Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, describing it as “unfit to air.” (Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:58:00 GMT)
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