Sharon Begley
Recent Stories By Sharon Begley:
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Republicans mull extending subsidies if court deals Obamacare blowJune 17, 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Republicans on Wednesday discussed extending subsidies to Americans who may otherwise be unable to afford their health insurance if the Supreme Court rules...
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No ready fix if Obamacare subsidies are lost: policy expertsJune 17, 2015
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers and governors are unlikely to act to restore Obamacare health insurance subsidies in at least 34 states should the Supreme Court rule them illegal, health...
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Economists predict shockwaves if Obamacare subsidies are nixedJune 17, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether people in 34 states can continue to receive Obamacare health insurance subsidies, economists are projecting billions of...
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Amazon, Google race to get your DNA into the cloudJune 5, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is in a race against Google Inc to store data on human DNA, seeking both bragging rights in helping scientists make new medical discoveries and market share in a...
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U.S. Army chief says no human error seen in anthrax mishapMay 28, 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. personnel working at an Army facility in Utah appeared to follow correctly all the outlined procedures to inactivate anthrax before they mistakenly shipped off live...
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Obama's BRAIN Initiative yields first study resultsApril 30, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mouse walked, the mouse stopped; the mouse ignored a bowl of food, then scampered back and gobbled it up, and it was all controlled by neuroscientists, researchers reported...
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Quake warnings of minutes, not hours, are possible, but priceyApril 27, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nepal's record of earthquakes dates to at least the 13th century, with significant temblors striking every 75 years or so. And through all that time, in Nepal as in most...
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Factbox: Foreigners in Nepal at time of deadly earthquakeApril 27, 2015
The 7.9-magnitude quake struck at midday on Saturday at a busy time of year for tourism-reliant Nepal's trekking and climbing season, with an estimated 300,000 foreign tourists in the country,...
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Employer incentives for U.S. worker wellness programs set recordMarch 26, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Employers have ratcheted up the financial incentives they offer workers to participate in wellness programs to a record $693 per employee, on average, this year from $594 in 2014...
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Cancer experts laud Angelina Jolie's decision to remove ovariesMarch 24, 2015
(Reuters) - Two years after a double mastectomy, actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to avoid the risk of ovarian cancer, a move cancer experts described as...
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Exclusive: U.S. to roll back 'lost pleasure' approach on health rulesMarch 18, 2015
(Reuters) - The U.S. government is preparing to roll back a widely criticized approach to public health, in which the "lost pleasure" people might suffer if they quit smoking or chose to eat...
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Doctors, patients scramble ahead of high court Obamacare decisionMarch 4, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the U.S. Supreme Court takes on a make-or-break Obamacare case this week, a growing number of U.S. patients and their doctors are already devising a Plan B in case they lose...