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Officials said they would implement a measure banning the sale and marketing of tobacco products to teenagers 15 years after its proposal.

Democrats unveiled the completed version of the health care legislation they intend to bring to a vote, saying that it would extend insurance coverage to most of those who lack it.

As momentum builds to a vote on the health care legislation, leaders are deciding which politically endangered Democrats can vote against the party.

After warning that it would run out of money within weeks, Miami’s public hospital group has cobbled together a stabilization plan.

The acquisition of Ratiopharm catapults Teva, the global leader in generic drugs, from fifth place among German generic players to the No. 2 spot.

The Medicines Company is disputing whether it really did miss a deadline in applying for a patent extension for its blood thinner Angiomax.

Building the health care legislation was not a shopping spree, but more like a trip to the local fruit stand with a set amount of money in hand and every item clearly marked.

Arizona’s budget makes it the first state to eliminate its Children’s Health Insurance Program, leaving nearly 47,000 low-income children without coverage.

A newspaper article has reawakened a controversy over whether provincial authorities improperly stored vaccines, rendering them ineffective, and then let them be administered to children.

This version of a classic dish of Provence relies on charred pepper and a tart tuna filling.

A “full house,” weekend admissions, nurse staffing and the seasonal flu can all affect a patient’s risk of dying in the hospital.

A study of a government database found that trials dealing with sexual functions often explicitly excluded people based on sexual orientation.

House Democrats moved toward the majority they need to pass health care legislation, giving them confidence as they worked out details and girded for a historic showdown.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Johnson & Johnson unit, laid out the actions it would take after the Food and Drug Administration criticized its quality control program.

Representative Mark Steven Kirk said that if he won the president’s old Senate seat, he would work to repeal any health care legislation.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission cited an “unprecedented number” of mistakes by the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center in treating prostate cancer patients.

Gov. C. L. Otter became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if it passes health care legislation that requires residents to buy insurance.

The law signed by Gov. David A. Paterson ranks spouses and domestic partners first in a hierarchy of surrogates responsible for making life-and-death choices.

This satisfying plate is made of vegetables that store well.

Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, has found some success in his strategy to contain Democrats.

In Pennsylvania, the monthly bill for participants in a state insurance program has almost doubled, and some may not be able to afford it.

A new rule in New York City schools, which officials say is aimed at tackling obesity, restricts student bake sales.

Lawmakers clashed as Democrats struggled to defend procedural shortcuts.

A shooting and a beating death linked to medical marijuana have drawn calls to change how Washington State protects those who grow and use the drug.

What are the chances that a national health care overhaul will be approved this week?