UNOS TO OVERSEE HAND, FACE TRANSPLANTS LIKE ORGANS
By LAURAN NEERGAARD This photo taken Dec. 20, 2013 shows double hand transplant recipient, Lindsay Aronson Ess, working on her dexterity during a physical therapy session in Richmond, Va. Sure…
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TO CLEAN UP COAL, OBAMA PUSHES MORE OIL PRODUCTION
By DINA CAPPIELLO In this Oct. 21, 2013, photo, construction continues at the Mississippi Power’s Kemper County energy facility in central Mississippi near DeKalb, Miss. The power plant is designed…
DEMOCRATS WORK TO RAISE NUMBER OF FEMALE GOVERNORS
By STEVE PEOPLES FILE – In this Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan speaks at an Emily’s List town hall discussion entitled “Madam President” in Manchester,…
HEALTH PLAN STICKER SHOCK AHEAD FOR SOME BUYERS
By CARLA K. JOHNSON FILE – In this Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, actor Adrienne Matzen poses in Chicago’s theater district. Matzen, 29, who has been mostly uninsured since she…
AP-GFK POLL: HEALTH LAW SEEN AS ERODING COVERAGE
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA FILE – In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the new health care law during a…
FDA TAKES STEPS TO PHASE OUT ANTIBIOTICS IN MEAT
By MARY CLARE JALONICK FILE – This April 11, 2012 file photo shows turkeys raised without the use of antibiotics at David Martin’s farm, in Lebanon, Pa. Citing a potential…
HO– USE REPUBLICANS SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR BUDGET DEAL
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters’ questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec.…
COURT: EXEC GUILTY OVER FAULTY FRENCH IMPLANTS
By LORI HINNANT Reporters focus on documents concerning the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implant trial, displayed in the courthouse in Marseille, southern France, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. A court…