Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.
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Towne Medical Supply has been a fixture in Shrewsbury for 41 years. Owner Mary Frances Rozak specializes in caring for women after breast cancer surgery, but her livelihood is being threatened by paperwork.
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A wavering moderate Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications other moderates would fall in line.
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Two more Massachusetts residents have died form complications related to the H1N1 virus, health officials said Friday.
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The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.
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Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
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The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
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The Senate will hold its first vote on health care legislation on Saturday night and Democrats will need 60 votes to prevail.
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