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The Justice Department said in a recent settlement with a Massachusetts college that severe food allergies can be considered adisability under the law. That gives those who suffer from such allergies a new avenue in seeking menus that fit their diet. But some say it goes too far.

Republican officials say the House will vote Wednesday on an increase in the nation's debt limit, a move designed to prevent a first-ever government default.

Regulations unveiled this week by the Obama administration create new information rights that should make life easier for consumers. They also tighten restrictions on medical service providers trying to use patient information for marketing, and they greatly expand the list of businesses that can be punished for unauthorized disclosures.

State officials are celebrating a federal grant of more than $8.5 million to help Delaware establish health insurance marketplaces under the national health care reform act.

In an unprecedented move, President Barack Obama's vaunted political organization is being turned into a nonprofit group funded in part by corporate money to mobilize support behind the president's second-term agenda.

The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released some long-awaited rules that expand and update the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.