Health threats from the Gulf oil disaster could last for years, and officials lack knowledge on how long chemicals in the spilled oil and dispersants will remain toxic, health experts told a Senate committee Tuesday.
A top federal mine safety official said Tuesday that existing laws and regulations have not been properly enforced but pledged that his agency will now use all its powers after the West Virginia mine disaster that killed 29 people.
With Democrats and Republicans fighting a death match over health care reform, some small business owners fear that their priorities will get lost in the fray.
This is the sixth installment in a series of health-care columns by Fortune's Shawn Tully.
It is one of the touchiest issues in the health care debate: Would a government-run health plan upend the employer-based health insurance system used by 160 million Americans?
It is one of the touchiest issues in the health care debate: Would a government-run health plan upend the employer-based health insurance system used by 160 million Americans?
A Senate committee delayed its confirmation vote for Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis on Thursday in order to review a potential tax controversy relating to Solis' husband, two sources familiar with her confirmation told CNN.
President-elect Barack Obama's choice for labor secretary, California Rep. Hilda Solis, promised to "improve the opportunities for hardworking families" as she began her confirmation hearings on Friday.
Federal safety officials were negligent in their approval of work plans for a Utah coal mine that collapsed in August 2007, leaving nine dead, a Labor Department report concluded Monday.
A U.S. Senate committee voted on Wednesday to let the Food and Drug Administration regulate but not ban tobacco products, a proposal supported by public health groups and the nation's largest cigarette maker.
Tobacco would be placed under federal regulation under legislation being readied for a Senate committee vote over objections from lawmakers
A Senate panel voted Wednesday to set a path for generic drugmakers to seek approval of cheaper, copycat versions of expensive biotechnology medicines.
One maverick state devised its own education strategy that bucks the trend toward high-stakes tests and federal control
As Congress gets set to readdress a small-business health care bill, proponents and critics begin to sharpen their swords.
CNNMoney: Poverty spreadsupdated: Thu Aug 26 2004 10:46:00
The number of Americans living in poverty jumped to 35.9 million last year, up by 1.3 million, while the number of those without health care insurance rose to 45 million from 43.6 million in 2002, the U.S. government said in a report Thursday.
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