The Medical Society of the County of Albany

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
WASHINGTON (AP) – A strong force, perhaps as powerful in Congress as President Barack Obama, is keeping the drive for health care going even as lawmakers seem hopelessly at odds.
Lobbyists.

By LAURAN NEERGAARD
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attention is shifting to the world’s five leading flu vaccine makers: How fast are they really producing swine flu vaccine, and just how do they plan to test that it works?

By RICK KARLIN, Capitol bureau
ALBANY — New Yorkers in northern and rural locales are among the state’s heftiest residents, while downstaters tend to be more svelte.

By RICK KARLIN, Capitol bureau
ALBANY — New Yorkers in northern and rural locales are among the state’s heftiest residents, while downstaters tend to be more svelte.

In a heated closed-door session, both Republican and Democratic governors criticized the bill that many said could turn into another unfunded mandate from Congress.

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ERICA WERNER:
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans, with medical providers, employers and the wealthiest picking up most of the tab.

By PHILIP ELLIOTT:
WASHINGTON (AP) – Legislation to overhaul the nation’s health systems is unlikely to make it through the House and Senate before the August target set by President Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders, lawmakers said Sunday.

By PHILIP ELLIOTT:
WASHINGTON (AP) – Legislation to overhaul the nation’s health systems is unlikely to make it through the House and Senate before the August target set by President Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders, lawmakers said Sunday.

By RICHARD PROPP:
Hippocrates, the famous Greek physician, stated in his oath that “I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.”

By LINDSEY TANNER:
CHICAGO (AP) – Proposed limits on Tylenol, a painkiller as common as pain itself, have left many consumers fearful, confused and wondering where to turn for relief.