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Lawsuit in Ohio cancer cluster will take years
JOHN SEEWER,Associated PressTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The wait for answers is far from over for parents who for years have lived with the worry of not knowing what's behind the mysterious cancers that have sickened dozens of children in a rural area of northern Ohio. Despite a...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Laws, Health, Whirlpool Corp., U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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'Doc' laid to rest
BREMEN — Hundreds gathered along the streets of downtown Bremen today to bid farewell to their beloved “Doc.” Dr. Otis R. Bowen, former Indiana governor, secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and local...
Tags: Politics, Jackie Walorski, U.S. House of Representatives, Executive Branch, Ronald Reagan
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Indiana Statehouse ceremony honors late Gov. Bowen
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence bowed his head in silence Wednesday during a solemn Statehouse memorial for former Gov. Otis "Doc" Bowen as an honor guard posted in the domed Rotunda kept watch over the late governor's official state portrait...
Tags: Civil and Public Service, Politics, AIDS, Family, U.S. Cabinet
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Debate erupts on Indiana's incomplete Medicaid waiver
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence defended his administration Thursday over criticism from Democratic lawmakers that they have imperiled Hoosiers' health care by failing to follow proper procedures on Medicaid. In a letter to state Democratic...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Government Health Care
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Judge dismisses Notre Dame lawsuit regarding birth control mandate
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the University of Notre Dame challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring employers to provide birth-control coverage. The lawsuit, filed...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, Employment, Aetna Inc., Social Issues
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South Bend gathering rallies against employer-paid birth control
WSBT-TV ReporterProtesters gathered Friday in South Bend against a government mandate requiring businesses to provide birth control for employees. About a hundred people gathered at the plaza in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center to protest the law, saying the...Tags: Health, Religion and Belief, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Obama's health care overhaul turns into a sprint
WASHINGTON (AP) — Its place assured alongside Medicare and Medicaid, President Barack Obama's health care law is now in a sprint to the finish line, with just 11 months to go before millions of uninsured people can start signing up for coverage....
Tags: Chris Christie, Politics, Bob McDonnell, Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party
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Boy Scouts to report pedophiles missed previously
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America plan to begin doing what critics argue they should have done decades ago — bring suspected abusers named in the organization's so-called perversion files to the attention of police departments...
Tags: Psychiatry, Health and Medical Professionals, Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, Psychiatrists
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NCAA task force to oversee $60M Penn St. fine
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A 10-member task force has been named to come up with guidelines for how to distribute the record $60 million fine that Penn State has agreed to pay in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, the NCAA said Tuesday. The...
Tags: Tom Corbett, National Collegiate Athletic Association, The Pennsylvania State University, College Sports, FBI
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FDA says SW Ind. cantaloupes shouldn't be consumed
OWENSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Health officials say at least some of the salmonella-contaminated cantaloupe that has sickened nearly 200 in 21 states came from a southwestern Indiana farm, but they warned Thursday that until they've ruled out any other...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Listeria Outbreak (2011), Salmonella Infection, Farms
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Notre Dame students circulate petition opposing HHS lawsuit
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Some University of Notre Dame students are circulating a petition opposing the university’s decision to sue over the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ healthcare mandate. Philosophical and legal arguments favor...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Colleges and Universities, Insurance, Trials, Roman Catholicism
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Mixed reaction to Supreme Court's health ruling
Reaction is mixed over the Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Obama's healthcare law: Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels: “The immediate implications for Indiana are a huge increase in health insurance rates, especially for young people,...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance, Healthcare Laws
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