http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top Health News At 6 a.m. EST &copy; 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <a href="http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_OVERHAUL?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:59:10 GMT By ERICA WERNER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_OVERHAUL?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SWINE_FLU_ALASKA_VILLAGE?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:05:25 GMT By RACHEL D'ORO http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SWINE_FLU_ALASKA_VILLAGE?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_EUROPE_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:29 GMT By MARIA CHENG http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_EUROPE_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTA (AP) -- Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday.... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:29:06 GMT By MIKE STOBBE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FDA_FLAVORED_CIGARETTES?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:16 GMT By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FDA_FLAVORED_CIGARETTES?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU_BUSINESSES?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged.... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:53:18 GMT By KAREN MATTHEWS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU_BUSINESSES?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_GENE_THERAPY?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:12:17 GMT By LAURAN NEERGAARD http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_GENE_THERAPY?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_WHO_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:50:19 GMT By MARIA CHENG http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_WHO_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEART_BYPASS_SURPRISE?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- It seemed like a great idea - doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has produced a surprise: Bypass has fewer problems and is more successful done the old way.... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:58:29 GMT By STEPHANIE NANO http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEART_BYPASS_SURPRISE?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_SOUTH_AFRICA_AIDS_FUNDING?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:46:09 GMT By DONNA BRYSON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_SOUTH_AFRICA_AIDS_FUNDING?SITE=NYITH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT