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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Argentina's president to take month off for brain hematoma Tennessee patient treated in 2012 meningitis outbreak has relapse Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers, easing shutdown pain Pentagon recalls most civilian defense employees idled by shutdown As U.S. struggles with health reform, the Amish go their own way U.S. House passes bill to retroactively pay furloughed government workers Obama says expects Congress will raise debt ceiling before deadline Novartis says drug reduces itch of severe chronic hives Obama calls impact of government shutdown 'heartbreaking' Former NYPD sergeant questions sister's killing by police in Washington

Argentina's president to take month off for brain hematoma  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:12 PM PDT By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has been told by doctors to take a month off because of a subdural hematoma on her brain, forcing her to abandon campaigning for important congressional elections taking place later this month. The 60-year-old president suffered trauma to the brain in August and had been given the all-clear at the time, her spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said, without elaborating. Vice President Amado Boudou cut short a journey to France to return to Argentina and take over the president's duties. ... Full Story	Top
Tennessee patient treated in 2012 meningitis outbreak has relapse  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 07:11 PM PDT By Timothy Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A patient treated during the deadly meningitis outbreak in the United States last year that was tied to contaminated steroid injections is back in the hospital for a recurrence of the infection, a Nashville hospital said on Saturday. "The patient was admitted to Saint Thomas West Hospital on October 3 and is now receiving appropriate treatment at the hospital," hospital spokeswoman Rebecca Climer said. ... Full Story	Top
Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers, easing shutdown pain  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 06:24 PM PDT By Phil Stewart and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall the vast majority of some 350,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the government shutdown, in a move that could greatly lessen the impact of the shutdown on America's armed forces. Civilian Pentagon employees comprise nearly half the 800,000 federal employees currently furloughed. ... Full Story	Top
Pentagon recalls most civilian defense employees idled by shutdown  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:16 PM PDT By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall the vast majority of around 350,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the U.S. government shutdown, a move that could greatly lessen the impact of Washington infighting on the U.S. armed forces. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said a legal review of the "Pay Our Military Act," signed by President Barack Obama on Monday on the eve of the shutdown, would allow him to bring most civilians back to work next week. ... Full Story	Top
As U.S. struggles with health reform, the Amish go their own way  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 02:28 PM PDT By Daniel Kelley GORDONVILLE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - The debate over U.S. healthcare reform that has gripped the nation and led to a government shutdown is of small concern in rural Pennsylvania's Amish country for a very simple reason. Along with eschewing cars and many other modern technologies, the descendants of 18th-Century German immigrants who practice the Amish and Old Order Mennonite religions, have effectively opted out of Obamacare, along with most federal safety net programs. ... Full Story	Top
U.S. House passes bill to retroactively pay furloughed government workers  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:02 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill on Saturday that would retroactively pay 800,000 furloughed workers once the now 5-day-old government shutdown ends. The measure now goes to the Democratic-led Senate for concurrence. The White House has said that President Barack Obama will sign it into law. There is no end in sight to the shutdown, and there are still no bipartisan negotiations. (Reporting by Thomas Ferraro; Editing by Vicki Allen) Full Story	Top
Obama says expects Congress will raise debt ceiling before deadline  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 07:30 AM PDT By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he does not expect to have to take any unusual steps to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt because he believes Congress will raise the debt ceiling before a looming October 17 deadline. "I don't expect to get there," Obama said in an interview with the Associated Press released on Saturday. "There were at least some quotes yesterday that (House of Representatives) Speaker (John) Boehner is willing to make sure that we don't default," he said. ... Full Story	Top
Novartis says drug reduces itch of severe chronic hives  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 07:27 AM PDT ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Saturday its drug omalizumab was almost doubly effective in improving quality of life for patients with a severe form of hives, compared with a placebo, according to a late-stage study. The third and final late-stage study of omalizumab for treating the skin disease chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) found the drug was nearly twice as effective versus a placebo in improving life quality within 12 weeks of treatment, while also significantly reducing itch and hives caused by the condition. ... Full Story	Top
Obama calls impact of government shutdown 'heartbreaking'  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:04 AM PDT By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saying the U.S. government shutdown was having a "heartbreaking" impact on ordinary Americans, President Barack Obama on Saturday renewed his call on congressional Republicans to end the five-day stalemate and pass a funding bill without conditions. Republicans in the House of Representatives have held firm in their refusal to fund and reopen the government until Democrats agree to delay implementation of Obama's landmark 2010 healthcare law, also known as Obamacare. ... Full Story	Top
Former NYPD sergeant questions sister's killing by police in Washington  Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 01:35 AM PDT By Edward Upright NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police in Washington could have avoided shooting dead a woman pursued by officers in a car chase that led to the lockdown of the Capitol this week, the driver's sister, former New York police sergeant Valarie Carey, said late on Friday. The family of Miriam Carey, whose one-year-old daughter Erica was in the car with her during the encounter with police on Thursday, has said she suffered from post-partum depression. ... Full Story	Top

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