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Conservatives rebel against Trump-backed Republican healthcare plan
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Republican legislation to replace the Obamacare healthcare law but the measure faced a rebellion by conservative groups and lawmakers, complicating its chances for passage in the U.S. Congress. | Video
- Trump says he is working on plan to bring down drug prices
- Health secretary says healthcare bill is 'work in progress'
- Tennessee bird flu shares name, not genetics, of feared China strain: USDA
- South Korea culls 50,000 farm birds as 2 new bird flu cases confirmed
- Gene activity in the nose may signal lung cancer
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Poor diet tied to nearly half of U.S. deaths from heart disease, stroke, diabetes
(Reuters Health) - Ensuring that diets include the right amount of certain foods may help the U.S. cut deaths from heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes by almost half, suggests a new study.
Chicago hospital system scraps merger over U.S. antitrust concern
WASHINGTON NorthShore University HealthSystem said on Tuesday it was scrapping plans to merge with another Chicago hospital system after losing a court fight with U.S. antitrust regulators who said the merged hospital system would control more than half the area's general acute care inpatient services.
After insurance reform, fewer pregnant women have scheduled deliveries
(Reuters Health) - Low-income pregnant women in Texas were up to 14 percent less likely to deliver babies unnecessarily early after the state’s Medicaid insurance program stopped paying for preterm elective births in 2011, a new study shows.
U.S. reports low pathogenic bird flu outbreak in Wisconsin: OIE
PARIS The United States reported an outbreak of avian flu on a farm in Wisconsin, the second in the country in less than a week although the virus found this time is considered less virulent, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday.
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