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5 Things We Learned From New Database Of Payments To Doctors

11:45am October 02, 2014

by Charles Ornstein

Royalty and licensing payments accounted for almost a third of the amount paid to doctors by drug and device companies. The total exceeded the amount spent on speeches, consulting and meals.

Black smoke from an apparent shelling of the International airport rising into the sky while standing near a railway building, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Thursday.

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Ukraine Rebels Break Truce To Make Push For Donetsk Airport

11:14am October 02, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Kiev's forces and pro-Russia separatists have resumed fighting over the government-held airport.

In New Jersey in March, Dianna Lopez of the Center for Family Services (right) speaks with Betsy Cruz, of Camden, N.J., about health insurance coverage during an Affordable Care Act information session.

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Obamacare's First Year: How'd It Go?

10:44am October 02, 2014

by John Ydstie

It has been a year since Obamacare launched with a difficult start. Now, supporters are confident about the program's future. But critics say it's too early to gauge its success.

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Islamic State flags on the Mullah Abdullah bridge in southern Kirkuk earlier this week. A U.N. report says the extremist group has perpetrated possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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U.N. Report Details Possible War Crimes By Islamic State Militants

10:27am October 02, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The High Commissioner for Human Rights says mass executions, forcing women and girls into sex slavery and the use of child soldiers may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Pro-democracy protesters chant slogans as they gather next to the central government offices in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

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Hong Kong Protests Offer A Revelation To Mainland Chinese

10:04am October 02, 2014

by Anthony Kuhn

Chinese mainlanders visiting Hong Kong have expressed amazement, even jealousy at the polite, civic-spirited and considerate crowds of protesters. But some on the mainland see activists as traitors.

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In this aerial photo taken on Sept. 27 and provided by NOAA, some 35,000 walrus gather onshore near Point Lay, Alaska.

One Picture, Of 35,000 Walrus, Shows One Effect Of Global Warming

9:32am October 02, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The picture shows the walrus huddled up on an Alaskan beach. Usually, they would spread out on sea ice. But this year, it's all melted.

Hospital Official: Ebola Patient's Travel Not Relayed To Doctors

9:21am October 02, 2014

by Scott Neuman

A nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital learned that the man had flown to the U.S. from Liberia, but that information was not communicated to doctors making the diagnosis, the official says.

The Bronx may be up and the Battery down, but Central Park is where an amazing wealth of different sorts of microbes play.

Soil Doctors Hit Pay Dirt In Manhattan's Central Park

9:14am October 02, 2014

by Christopher Joyce

The urban oasis boasts about 170,000 different types of microbes, recent dirt samples show. That diversity is comparable to a tropical rain forest. About 2,000 species are found only in the park.

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Traffic moves past Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where a patient showed up with symptoms that were later confirmed to be Ebola.

On The Alert For Ebola, Texas Hospital Still Missed First Case

8:57am October 02, 2014

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Diagnosing and treating Ebola isn't so hard, health workers say; hospitals across the U.S. should be ready. But initial symptoms, such as fever and headache, can look the same as other illnesses.

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Wouldn't this salad make a healthful addition to your pizza for dinner?

Sayonara To 'Super-Size Me'? Food Companies Cut Calories, So Do We

8:48am October 02, 2014

by Allison Aubrey

Major food companies have cut trillions of calories, and studies show Americans are consuming fewer calories because of it. But some advocates think companies should do more to improve our diets.

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