With the House expected to vote as early as Saturday on health insurance reform legislation, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) took to the floor this week to read off the numbers of people now living in districts represented by the party opposing comprehensive reform who are expected to die next year for lack of insurance coverage. More...

THURS 11/5 | Two House Democrats have introduced legislation guaranteeing workers ordered to stay home because of illness five paid sick days. Labor advocates call the measure a first step toward the comprehensive sick-leave policy the U.S. needs. More...

TUES 11/3 | The federal government is urging employers to allow sick workers to stay home -- so why does Wal-Mart punish flu-stricken employees for taking sick leave? More...

A trailblazing African-American physician with a long record of service to Alabama's rural poor, Dr. Regina Benjamin has said she will emphasize disease prevention and public health. More...

Environmental leaders representing more than a dozen polluted communities across the South called on federal officials to take action to protect low-income communities and people of color from toxic contamination. More...

The H1N1 virus sickening and killing people worldwide began in a hog -- yet hog farmers are still not a priority in the U.S. pandemic vaccine program. Are we putting public health at risk? More...

13 states clustered in or near the South have accounted for 66% of child deaths from flu this season, according to government officials. More...

The insurance giant -- which controls 96.8% of North Carolina's market for individual health insurance -- is using its customers to lobby against competition. More...