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Why Critical Illness Insurance Is Gaining Popularity

3:55pm February 02, 2016

by Mark Zdechlik

Critical care insurance pays out a lump sum for any kind of expense if someone is diagnosed with a serious illness. It's now popular but other kinds of insurance may already cover needed expenses.

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Protesters gather at a McDonald's to ask for higher wages on April 15, 2015 in Miami Gardens, Fla. Food labor advocate Saru Jayaraman writes in a new book that the company has taken the "low road" and lobbied extensively for lower wages and working condit

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'Forked' Rates Restaurants On How They Treat Their Workers

3:45pm February 02, 2016

by Tracie McMillan

More restaurants are offering better wages, benefits and working conditions for employees. A new book rates dozens of restaurants and scolds the ones taking the "low road" to profitability.

Health workers fumigate to wipe out mosquitoes in Recife, Brazil.

WHO: Birth Defect Linked To Zika Virus Is 'Public Health Emergency'

2:38pm February 02, 2016

by Jason Beaubien

The concern is not the virus itself but the cluster of brain-damaged babies born to pregnant women who had been infected with the mosquito-borne disease.

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Controversial Emergency Manager Of Detroit's Public Schools Resigns

2:24pm February 02, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Darnell Earley has been criticized over poor school conditions in Detroit. Earlier, he oversaw the city of Flint's switch to a new water source that led to elevated lead levels.

Martin Shkreli was CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals when the company boosted the price of a drug by 5,000 percent. He has since resigned.

A Peek Inside Turing Pharmaceuticals: 'Another $7.2 Million. Pow!'

2:01pm February 02, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

Congressional investigators have pried loose emails showing how the company's executives anticipated huge profits from a 5,000 percent drug price increase. They were blindsided by the blowback.

Few States Use Health Law Option For Low-Cost Plans

1:50pm February 02, 2016

by Michelle Andrews

New York and Minnesota are offering an inexpensive insurance alternative allowed under the federal health law that provides some low-income people with more affordable coverage.

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Attention Turns To Repelling Mosquitoes That Carry Zika, Dengue

6:28am February 02, 2016

The WHO says the possible link between serious birth defects and the Zika virus is a global health emergency. Renee Montagne talks to Laura Harrington, an entomologist at Cornell University.

Skimping on health insurance carries a hidden price for some fast-food restaurants.

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Bosses Find Part-Time Workers Can Come With Full-Time Headaches

1:38am February 02, 2016

by April Dembosky

Some fast-food franchisees are rethinking putting workers on part-time status to avoid having to provide them with health insurance. The business hassles are exceeding the savings.

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When a baby is born by cesarean section, she misses out on Mom's microbes in the birth canal.

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Researchers Test Microbe Wipe To Promote Babies' Health After C-Sections

7:25pm February 01, 2016

by Rob Stein

A small study suggests that slathering newborns with their mothers' microbes after cesarean sections could help create healthy microbiomes. Reducing childhood illness later on is the goal.

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A Chipotle Mexican Grill employee prepares a burrito for a customer in Seattle. The CDC believes the two recent E. coli outbreaks at Chipotle restaurants are over.

E. Coli Outbreaks At Chipotle Restaurants 'Appear To Be Over,' CDC Says

5:47pm February 01, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Two E. coli outbreaks infected at least 60 people in 14 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't been able to determine the source of the infections.