Reuters - Researchers have found a community-based influenza outreach program successful in generating interest in flu vaccination among hard-to-reach urban populations such as drug abusers, undocumented immigrants, homeless persons, prostitutes and the homebound elderly.

AP - Bolstering the performance of the U.S. health care system is one of the biggest challenges facing the country, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday.

AP - One look at Eileen Mulligan lying soberly on the exam table and Dr. John Marshall knew the time for the Big Talk had arrived.

AFP - Taiwan has barred children aged under five from going to public play areas in a bid to contain the spread of a highly contagious virus that has killed seven so far this year, officials said Sunday.