U.S. House passes extension of child health program (Reuters) Reuters - Ending months of deadlock with the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final bipartisan approval to legislation that would temporarily extend the state
health insurance program that covers about 6.6 million poor children.
Source: news.yahoo.comVery obese wait longer for transplant (AP) 
AP - Very obese people who need a kidney transplant are far less likely to get one than normal weight people, and when they do, their wait is an average of a year to 18 months longer, a new study found.
Source: news.yahoo.comStudy: Insured cancer patients do better (AP) 
AP - Uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice as likely to die within five years as those with private coverage, according to the first national study of its kind and one that sheds light on troubling health care obstacles.
Source: news.yahoo.comPakistan urges safer culling after bird flu outbreak (Reuters) 
Reuters - Pakistan is urging provincial authorities to obey health guidelines to stop any bird flu outbreaks after fears lapses in poultry culling methods led to eight people being infected with the H5N1 virus.
Source: news.yahoo.comGeneric antidepressant may affect Wyeth (AP) 
AP - The difference between a pill and a capsule might not seem big, but it could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales for Wyeth's top drug.
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