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Health

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• Take a hike and call me in the morning (Washington Post, November 17, 2009)
• States likely to shape health reform (Washington Post, November 1, 2009)
• States Pressed Into New Role on Medical Marijuana (The New York Times, October 25, 2009)
• Wood making comeback as power source (USA Today, October 14, 2009)
• WIC nutrition program expands to cover fruits, vegetables (Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2009)
• More cities are putting social services under one roof (USA Today, September 29, 2009)
• A plan to add supermarkets to poor areas, with healthy results (New York Times, September 23, 2009)
• New York eyes ‘no smoking’ outdoors, too (New York Times, September 14, 2009)
• Experts: Government changes to environment can make us fit (USA Today, July 22, 2009)
• Newsom's fresh idea: mandates on healthier food (San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 2009)
• Health co-op offers model for overhaul (New York Times, July 6, 2009)
• Philly's fresh-food triumph: Nationally admired program opens supermarkets for underserved (Philadelphia Daily News, June 18, 2009)
• Local health agencies, hurt by cuts, brace for flu (New York Times, April 29, 2009)
• Foreclosures take health along with homes, report says (Mercury News, April 21, 2009)
• Study looks at health risks in neighborhoods near highways (Boston Globe, April 12, 2009)
• Retiree health care issue 'goes nowhere' in Nebraska (USA Today, February 16, 2009)
• Illinois is among states suing over health worker rule (St. Louis Dispatch, January 16, 2009)
• Smoking ban improves a city’s health (New York Times, January 12, 2009)
• Fit City; How Somerville became a national model of healthy living (Boston Globe, December 2, 2008)
• Bad air costing state's economy billions (San Francisco Chronicle, November 13, 2008)
• Hens in the City: Regulations are being challenged as people take 'eating locally' another step (Winston-Salem Journal, November 7, 2008)
• Food pantries mobilize as ranks of hungry grow (USA Today, November 6, 2008)
• Nonprofit Hospitals Leave The City for Greener Pastures (Wall Street Journal, October 14, 2008)
• Federal court upholds San Francisco healthcare program (Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2008)
• L.A. council panel to consider ban on outdoor smoking at restaurants (Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2008)