State health department statistics show one in every 29 teenage girls in Emmet County was pregnant in 2006 and one in 33 was pregnant in Charlevoix County.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) on Monday began a two-week economic tour in Raleigh, N.C., where he discussed his proposals to address the economy, health care and other issues, the AP/Philadelphia Daily News reports (

The economic crisis will not stop President-elect Barack Obama from expanding health care, overhauling education and energy policy, and passing a middle-class tax cut soon after he takes office in January, senior aides said on Sunday.

A dramatic increase in the number of unexplained deaths among Manchester and Vernon infants in recent years has local health organizations stepping up education efforts on the sleeping habits of babies.

Both sectors have virtually crumbled under the weight of the economic crisis. At the signing ceremony for Zimbabwe’s long-awaited power-sharing agreement this week, new prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai promised to tackle the struggling health and educat