NEW YORK/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America said on Tuesday it will no longer charge overdraft fees on debit card purchases as of this summer, a move that may cost millions in fee income. The change will eliminate one of the most common overdraft charges for Bank of America ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Tuesday cast doubt on their chances of meeting the White House's March 18 deadline for voting on a stalled healthcare overhaul, but said they are moving as fast as they can. With Democrats scrambling to line up support and determine what to include ...

Obama will unveil the proposal during a visit to St Cloud, Missouri on Wednesday to rally popular support for his key domestic policy objective, as the bitter battle over healthcare enters its final weeks. The White House said the new effort to root out improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is weighing help for U.S. airlines to meet the costs of modernizing the air traffic control system, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on Tuesday. Airlines are pressuring the government not to saddle them with the bulk of expenses for the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greece, pressing for curbs on financial speculation it blames for worsening the country's debt crisis, said on Tuesday the idea would be examined by the Group of 20 leading powers at their next summit. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou told reporters after meeting with ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved the drug to treat spasticity in the flexor muscles, a condition that can result from stroke, brain injury or multiple sclerosis. The muscles can become stiff and painful, affecting patients' daily activities. Botox works by blocking the ...

The conclusion was drawn from the 80,347 live American organ donors who have donated one of their two kidneys -- often to a relative -- since April 1, 1994, and who were tracked for as long as 12 years after the surgery. Their fates were compared to a matched group of 9,000 non-donors ...

The February 10 article in the newspaper "describes a number of disturbing incidents at Select Medical (long-term care hospitals) that allegedly resulted in patients deaths," Senators Max Baucus and Charles Grassley wrote in a letter to the company. "The article also suggests that ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comparing medical treatments to find the best and the cheapest may be a pillar of U.S. healthcare reform efforts, but very little such research is being done, according to a report published on Tuesday. Most of the so-called comparative effectiveness research is done at ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday. Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario found there were ...