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Birth control mandate for church-affiliated employers opposed Updated at 3:48 AM
Birth control mandate for church-affiliated employers opposed

By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
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Congressional critics continued to take aim Tuesday at the Obama administration's controversial mandate requiring church-affiliated employers to provide birth control coverage, even as the White House attempted to find a way to allay the concerns of religious groups.

Health
'Out of Africa' event in Tulsa focuses attention on Alzheimer's disease in black community
Black people are, on average, two to three times more likely than white people to develop cognitive ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

    Integris announces deal with five Oklahoma hospitals
Integris Health has announced plans for a joint venture with a Florida-based health management ...
Monday, February 06, 2012

Oklahoma prescriptions now tracked in real time
Pharmacist Mack Scherler generally trusts customers who come to his downtown Oklahoma City ...
Sunday, February 05, 2012

    Clinic brightens smiles with free dental work
About 1,000 people, many of whom got up before 4 a.m. and drove more than 100 miles, received ...
Saturday, February 04, 2012

Red Cross sends two with ties to area overseas
Two American Red Cross workers with Oklahoma ties are preparing to head to war zones where ...
Saturday, February 04, 2012

    Oklahomans receive free dental care
About 1,000 Oklahomans received free dental care Friday, courtesy of the Oklahoma Mission of ...
Friday, February 03, 2012

Oklahoma sees beginnings of seasonal flu activity
The flu is starting to show up in Oklahoma, which had been one of two states showing virtually ...
Friday, February 03, 2012

    Heart disease is No. 1 killer for women too, Tulsa 'scar sisters' remind
Sharon Reed and Ashley Patty call themselves scar sisters.
Thursday, February 02, 2012

Oklahoma health department targets blacks for AIDS effort
The Oklahoma State Department of Health is targeting the African-American community for AIDS ...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

    Oklahoma Catholic leader says federal government is forcing “unjust law” upon religious groups
The archbishop who leads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City said he was shocked ...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

OSU Medical Center completes $25 million renovation
The Oklahoma State University Medical Center has completed about $25 million in renovations, ...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

    Number of hospice patients nationwide increases in last five years
The use of hospice care in the United States is slowly increasing as more people become aware ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Federal birth control order decried
From Maine to Phoenix to southern Louisiana, Catholic churches across the nation this weekend ...
Monday, January 30, 2012

    Oklahoma could benefit from health insurance exchange setup, study finds
Oklahoma is one of 15 states that has made the least progress toward establishing a health ...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Lifeline for babies: Tulsa's Emergency Infant Services sees growing need
Emergency Infant Services provided more than 225,000 diapers, 250,000 pounds of food and 139,000 ...
Friday, January 27, 2012

    Oklahoma City University nursing admissions policy draws many out-of-state applicants
With time running out on her student visa, Indira Ulaan, a native of Indonesia, wanted a nursing ...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Hospital president named to Oklahoma tobacco trust
Attorney General Scott Pruitt has appointed the president of Oklahoma City's Mercy Health Center ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

    Tulsa doctor's license revoked by state board
A Tulsa doctor's license was revoked for illegally distributing controlled drugs, and an Enid ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Health insurance benefits to be set by state
State employees are beginning the process of looking at Oklahoma's largest health-insurance ...
Monday, January 23, 2012

    Abortion measures among Oklahoma bills filed for 2012
Proposals that would place new requirements on abortion providers and regulate the disposal ...
Friday, January 20, 2012


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