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Obama, Romney debate sheds little light on healthcare issues Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:31 PM PDT * Debate fails to articulate health policies * Campaign rhetoric, hyperbole cloud national issue WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and hisRepublican challenger Mitt Romney agree that the $2.8 trillionU.S. healthcare system is broken, but neither candidate onWednesday presented voters with a clear idea of how to fix it. Their comments about Medicare, Medicaid and healthcare ... TTUHSC School of Nursing names new women's health chair Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:10 PM PDT The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Nursing has named Yondell Masten, associate dean for outcomes management and evaluation, The Florence Thelma Hall Endowed Chair for Nursing Excellence in Women's Health. City Health Department announces vaccine clinics through October Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:08 PM PDT The City of Lubbock Health Department will hold several immunization clinics around Lubbock this month. Vaccines will be available for persons 2 months old through adulthood, according to a city of Lubbock news release. Rare meningitis cases at 26 in 5 states, 4 deaths Associated Press via Yahoo! News Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:06 PM PDT An outbreak of a rare and deadly form of meningitis has now sickened 26 people in five states who received steroid injections mostly for back pain, health officials said Wednesday. Four people have died, and more cases are expected. Tennessee fungal meningitis outbreak spreads to other states Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:12 PM PDT NASHVILLE (Reuters) - State and federal health officials said on Wednesday that they expected more cases to be reported in a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis they believe is linked to steroid injections given for pain at two clinics in Tennessee. So far two people have died and 18 others have been sickened in Tennessee from meningitis linked to the outbreak. Four other states have reported ...

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