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Last week some experts played down the World Health Organization’s announcement that it was “very concerned” about the potential health effects of inhaled ash from the Iceland volcano. But we wanted to follow up on that point: can it really be safe to breathe in the same stuff that threatens to destroy jet engines?

Drugstores are trying to bolster their presence in the in-store clinic market, even though the concept has thus far not been a particularly profitable one. The WSJ reports that CVS Caremark may double its number of MinuteClinic retail operations over the next five years.

Medicare and Medicaid programs are slated for sweeping changes under the new health-care legislation and President Obama now has decided who should oversee the changes for the giant health programs.

Watch video of President Barack Obama signing the landmark $940 billion health-care overhaul bill into law Tuesday in Washington. Video courtesy of News Core.

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In what could be his last public appeal for health-care legislation before a critical House vote, President Barack Obama says Congress is in position to end a century-long struggle over health care by passing his sweeping overhaul. Plus, the Dow finishes lower for the first time in nine sessions; and WSJ’s Amy Chozick joins the News Hub to tell us why a crop of shows with dysfunctional leading women has given Showtime a burst of momentum.

Watch video of President Barack Obama’s health-care reform speech delivered Monday in Ohio. Video courtesy of Fox Business Network.

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It’s another Monday and another week of to-ing and fro-ing on the health-care bill in Washington. But this week is different because there could actually be votes on the legislation.

The President’s final push on health care reform may be creating a big rift with Democrats in Congress, Fox News’ Doug Luzader reports. Courtesy of Fox News.

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The sales volume of soda and other drinks shipped for sale at U.S. secondary schools has dropped 72% since late 2004, resulting in an 88% drop in beverage calories sold in schools, drink makers said today.

A version of this post by WSJ’s Jean Spencer also appears on the Washington Wire blog.

A coalition of consumer, public-health and food-safety advocates is trying to jumpstart the food-safety legislation that is stalled in the Senate.

To make its point, the Make Our Food Safe coalition is trumpeting a report by Ohio State University economist and former FDA official Robert Scharff that concludes that health costs associated with foodborne illnesses totals $152 billion annually in the U.S.