GM, UAW Reach Deal to Cut Health Costs (AP via

GM, UAW Reach Deal to Cut Health Costs (AP via Yahoo! News)
General Motors Corp., under mounting pressure to turn around its business after losing nearly $3 billion in the first nine months of the year, announced a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers Monday that will help lower its spending on health care for workers and retirees.

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Asia still at heart of global flu battle: UN health agency (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Asia remains the focus of global attempts to stop avian influenza producing a more virulent and deadly human form of the disease, despite the recent spread of bird flu into Europe, the World Health Organisation said.

U.S. should OK generic bird flu drug imports-group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government should allow imports of generic versions of patented medicines such as Roche AG's Tamiflu to help the country prepare for a possible bird flu pandemic, a consumer group said on Friday.