BEXAR COUNTY, Texas -- The first batch of H1N1 vaccine has finally arrived in Bexar County. San Antonio Metro Health officials stressed that they only received a small shipment of the vaccine Tuesday, just 500 doses. Doctors with Metro Health now

Democrats defeat GOP attempt to remove Rangel - Poughkeepsie Journal
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have failed for a third time to oust Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. Despite the expected defeat Wednesday, the GOP did keep the spotlight on the New York Democrat's

Soft Middle: On Afghanistan, health care, Obama appeals to center that - ABC News Blogs
He wanted a deliberative process, and now he's got one -- actually, more than one. On Afghanistan, and simultaneously on health care, President Obama is on a search for a middle ground that may not exist. The eighth anniversary of the war in

Synovis gets clearance for 2 tissue repair items - Beaver County Times
Synovis Life Technologies Inc. said Wednesday its orthopedic and wound care business passed a California health inspection, allowing it to make and sell two soft tissue repair products. The company said it can make and market the OrthADAPT Bioimplant

Health Care Now Main Focus in Indonesia - New York Times
PADANG PARIAMAN, INDONESIA — Foreign medical teams reached farther into Indonesia’s disaster zone Wednesday, treating victims of the massive earthquake that hit last week but also dealing with crowds wanting help for other illnesses. Like most of

US regulator to review health risk of weed killer - Mississippi Press
(AP) — WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it will re-evaluate the health effects of a popular weed killer that has been found in drinking water supplies in the United States. The EPA will take another look at the