Health
Clinton to Propose Universal Health Care
The goal of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s plan, to be outlined in a speech in Des Moines, is similar to that of the ill-fated plan that she and President Bill Clinton pushed in 1993 and 1994. Read more…
San Francisco to Offer Care for Uninsured Adults
An initiative, known as Healthy San Francisco, is the first effort by a locality to guarantee care to all of its uninsured. Read more…
Experts Question Study on Youth Suicide Rates
Experts are questioning a study?s linking a 2004 increase in the suicide rate for children and adolescents to a warning by drug regulators about the use of antidepressants in minors. Read more…
Judge Throws Out New York Rule Requiring Restaurants to Post Calories
In his ruling, the judge said federal law already covers some of the same provisions that the city sought to put in place. Read more…
F.D.A. Advisory Panel Opposes Curb on Anemia Drugs
The vote by the panel advising the Food and Drug Administration was a rare reprieve to Amgen, the manufacturer of the drugs. Read more…
Q & A : Wait to Donate
How come apheresis donors can donate so much more often than regular blood donors? Read more…
Advertising: A Genetic Test That Very Few Need, Marketed to the Masses
A genetic test marketed by Myriad Gentics is causing great concern among cancer and genetics experts. Read more…
Saturday Interview: A Drug Maker?s Views of What Ails Health Care
Daniel L. Vasella, chief executive of Novartis, discusses the challenges facing the health care system. Read more…
The Saturday Profile: Taking On Apartheid, Then a Nation?s Stance on AIDS
Though she may be nobody?s vision of a rabble-rouser, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, recently dismissed as South Africa?s deputy health minister, has found herself at the center of controversy. Read more…
Wyeth Loses Bout in Fight on a Generic
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for a copycat version of the popular heartburn drug Protonix. Read more…
