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The Bush administration says it will strenuously resist Democratic plans for an expansion of the Children?s Health Insurance Program.

Officials from the Health Alliance and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio have reached an agreement that will give Anthem members access to Health Alliance hospitals, surgery centers and physicians through March 31, 2010.

While reviewing infections of the neck and complications of strep throat, I read about PANDAS, which stands for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections.

I hereby decree that all new Pediatric Syndromes must have similarly-cutesy acronyms. Like BUBBLEGUM or DUCKY or KITE or BINKY or BUNNY. Alternative spellings, like ELEFUNT, are acceptable.

(Not trying to offend anyone here, the name of the disease is cutesy, obviously the disease itself nor the patients it affects are being joked at.)

U.S. criminal investigators are re-examining cases against 103 scientists at the National Institutes of Health, most of whom were cleared in previous ethics probes or received light reprimands or warnings over conflict-of-interest complaints.

Hope for job growth in Michigan is centered on the health care industry even though the state is not prepared to train enough nurses for current openings let alone the thousands that will be needed in the future.