health care
Routine teen-aged HIV test proposed by doctors
November 28, 2011The Center for Disease Control has called for universal testing of all patients between the ages of 16 and 64. However, the U.S. Public Health Service has not endorsed the proposal.
Read moreHealth care reform law already helps uninsured
November 14, 2011Advocates say nearly three-quarters of California's four million people with no health coverage are people of color, with Latinos making up nearly 60 percent of the total uninsured.
Read moreTroops coming home from Iraq – can Afghanistan be next?
October 25, 2011As important as the troop withdrawal is what happens to them after they leave. Will they go now to Afghanistan? Will they serve in some other location abroad?
Read moreAusterity cuts in Greece cause suffering
October 25, 2011"The thing doesn't end with salary cuts. It's the uncertainty of what will happen tomorrow, because each day they tell us something new."
Read moreMayor orders cops to tear down first aid station and arrest 130 in Chicago
October 24, 2011Protesting the mass arrests and the destruction of their first aid station this weekend, ordered by Mayor Emmanuel, nurses and their allies picketed City Hall this morning.
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