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Obama to give his diagnosis for what ails Obamacare
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday will head to the election battleground state Florida to give his prescription for fixing the Affordable Care Act, his signature healthcare law, but any remedies will be left up to his successor and the next Congress. Battling a barrage of negative headlines about rising…
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AP FACT CHECK: Health insurance costs up, but not doubling
WASHINGTON (AP) — A claim from the final presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts:
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FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated in U.S.
By Julie Steenhuysen and Letitia Stein CHICAGO/TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Friday that all blood donated in the United States and its territories be tested for Zika virus, as it moves to prevent transmission of the virus through the blood supply. The agency said its decision to expand…
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Zika spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. expands travel warning
By Zachary Fagenson and Julie Steenhuysen MIAMI/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also suggested that pregnant women who are especially…
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CDC Issues Travel Warning After 5 Infected in New Florida Zika Transmission
A new cluster of five Zika infections around Miami Beach has led the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a warning for pregnant women to avoid the area of transmission. In addition to the travel advisory that warns pregnant women to stay away from the part of Miami Beach where Zika transmission…
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Clinton urges U.S. Congress to reconvene, pass Zika bill
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged federal lawmakers currently on summer recess back into session to pass a crucial funding bill to combat the Zika virus as she visited a health clinic at the heart of a local outbreak in Miami on Tuesday. Lawmakers should pass the $1.1 billion bipartisan bill for the mosquito-borne…
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Florida probes new Zika case outside Miami
Florida is investigating a new case of Zika infection outside the neighborhood in Miami where mosquitoes are believed to have spread the virus to more than a dozen people, officials said Monday. Florida Governor Rick Scott described the case as a “new individual with non-travel related Zika in Palm Beach County,” north of Miami. The…
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Florida probes new Zika case outside Miami
Florida is investigating a new case of Zika infection outside the neighborhood in Miami where mosquitoes are believed to have spread the virus to more than a dozen people, officials said Monday. Florida Governor Rick Scott described the case as a “new individual with non-travel related Zika in Palm Beach County,” north of Miami. The…