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Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST The Infectious Diseases Society of America has asked for a commitment from the Obama administration and the European Union to further the Society's mission to achieve the development of 10 new antibiotics within the ...

I have been a small businessman in Utah for more than 30 years. During these years, I have paid salaries and offered benefits.

Blue Dog Democrat Jim Matheson told CBS News' John Dickerson that members of the moderate Democratic coalition are the "true Democrats because we wear that label even when it may actually effect us in a negative way in our elections," on "Washington Unplugged" Tuesday.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America has asked for a commitment from the Obama administration and the European Union to further the Society's mission to achieve the development of 10 new antibiotics within the next 10 years, known as the 10 x '20 Initiative.

Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, said Monday that he's unsure whether he would vote for Senate Democrats' current health care reform bill.

U.S. Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass. Markey's take on Dean Martin's classic "That's Amore" won't win a Grammy.

A local congressman's effort to right the country's fiscal ship has picked up a significant new block of support .

A House committee advanced legislation Thursday that would block Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions' plan to import 20,000 tons of Italian radioactive waste into the United States and bury some of it in Utah.

Democratic officials portrayed the Republican Party's squabble in New York's special House election as an intolerant right-wing purge of liberal Republicans.

Some Democrats frustrated with Matheson's conservatism. By Jesse Fruhwirth Wanted: Progressive Congressional Representative to represent the people of Utah's 2nd district.

ST. GEORGE - Looking out at 1,200 acres of ongoing construction and a transformed landscape Monday, Rep.

O, Jim, we hardly knew ye. Perhaps we never really did. As a registered Democrat, I am a rare commodity in Utah, and I read, with no great surprise, that Rep.

Democrats who opposed the House-passed health care reform bill earlier this month have come under heavy fire from their party's left, including a top Internet activist who urged liberals to halt further contributions to the Democratic Party committee that finances their campaigns.

Let's play copy editor. Can you find the error in the following sentence? "Rep. Jim Matheson is a Republican." Gotcha! It's a trick question.

Elizabeth Saling, mother of 5-year-old Luke, favors an overhaul of the health care system in part due to her experiences with her son's autism.

Congressman Jim Matheson's "no" vote on health care reform is not sitting well with some people in Utah.

Put enough rats in the same cage, and pretty soon they start devouring each other.

A couple dozen Democrats gathered outside Rep. Jim Matheson's South Salt Lake office Friday afternoon to let him know they were disgusted with his recent vote against the House health care bill.