WASHINGTON - Talk about unnecessary misery: One in five Medicare patients winds up back in the hospital within a month — even worse, one in four patients with heart failure. A major push is under way around the country to cut rehospitalization
ADELAIDE, Australia - Australians thought they were prepared for wildfires. Until Black Saturday. The infernos that blazed across Victoria state last February were the most destructive in the history of a country that faces more than 50,000 fires in
American Airlines on Thursday stepped up efforts to save its partnership with Japan Airlines by pledging $1.1bn in financial support for the troubled Asian carrier.The investment, much of which would be provided by TPG, the US private equity group,
The research director at the centre of a row over climate change data said he would stand down from the post while there is an independent review.Professor Phil Jones, director of the Norwich-based University of East Anglia's (UEA) Climatic Research
BERLIN - A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel resigned from the cabinet on Friday amid allegations of a cover-up of an air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan when he was defense minister. Franz Josef Jung, 60, said he would qui
Jeffrey Immelt, GE’s chief executive, this week made a last-ditch bid to bolster the US conglomerate’s chances in the three-way race to acquire the transmission and distribution arm of French state-owned nuclear group, Areva, as political pressuremo
CLUJ, Romania - Campaigning intensified Saturday ahead of Romania's presidential election with incumbent Traian Basescu attacking the opposition and the media in his bid for a second term. While his Social-Democrat opponent Mircea Geoana is offerin
ORLANDO, Fla. - How about some hand sanitizer before greeting Mickey Mouse? In an effort to halt the spread of the swine flu, Walt Disney World has installed dozens of hand sanitizer dispensers throughout the theme park, hotel lobbies and character
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