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WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior House lawmaker is asking Congress to guarantee paid sick leave to workers if their employer asks them to stay home with swine flu or a similar contagious illness.
Some time-honored traditions - working sick, flying sick, going to school sick - are in question as the nation seeks to fend off the spread of swine flu.
An analysis of more than 1,000 California patients hospitalized with H1N1 flu during the first four months of the pandemic found that infants were most likely to be admitted, and patients 50 and older were most likely to die once admitted.
Atlanta, GA (CBS, HealthDay) -- New research holds bad news for health officials worried about a potentially lethal infection called MRSA that haunts hospitals: A strain that infects the bloodstream is five times more deadly than other strains.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Independent health advisers will begin monitoring the safety of the swine flu vaccine Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A health care legislation provision that would cap an employee's annual contribution to tax-free health care spending accounts is running up against opposition from an odd assortment of groups.
(USA TODAY) - Kellogg, the nation's largest cereal maker, is being called to task by critics who object to the swine flu-conscious claim now bannered in bold lettering on the front of Cocoa Krispies cereal boxes: "Now helps support your child's IMMUNITY."
WASHINGTON - Many people say they eat more when they are under stress. Others eat less.
WASHINGTON (AP) - What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the government will catch up to the demand for swine flu vaccine within a week.
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Gayle Jones is almost 50 years old, and she runs 12 miles a day.
(USA Today) -- Some time-honored traditions - working sick, flying sick, going to school sick - are in question as the nation seeks to fend off the spread of swine flu.
IRMO, S.C. (AP) -- Subway spokesman Jared Fogle will announce the South Carolina winners of a video and poster competition aimed at curbing childhood obesity.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three former pro football players make their way to Capitol Hill today as a congressional hearing focuses on brain injuries suffered in the game.
Sumter Co. (WLTX) - On Monday, the Center for Disease and Control said that widespread swine flu vaccine shots would not be available until next month. However, there are some vaccines in the Midlands already, but chances are, you won't be able to get one yet.
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts health officials say a meat company is voluntarily recalling beef products after more than 20 school children and adults from Rhode Island were sickened by E. coli.
Washington, D.C. (WUSA) -- Many of us can't live without them, but could our cell phones cause brain tumors?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional investigators say the Food and Drug Administration has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend patients' lives.
