WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush will sign the Consumer Produce Safety Commission bill passed by Congress once he gets it, a White House spokeswoman said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- A row involving Indonesia, the United States and the World Health Organization over the sharing of bird flu virus samples is jeopardizing the global early warning system for a potential influenza pandemic and putting lives at risk, say experts and officials.

WASHINGTON, April 15 (UPI) -- U.S. health chief Michael Leavitt called on Indonesia to resume regularly sharing samples of new avian influenza viruses with the World Health Organization.

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney left the campaign trail Saturday morning to attend the funeral of Gordon Hinckley, the Mormon president and prophet, in Salt Lake City.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush Wednesday appointed seven members to the Advisory Council to the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Safety measures for imported and domestic goods and broader powers for a federal watchdog agency were unveiled Tuesday by U.S. President George Bush.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said Tuesday the head of the nation's product safety agency should step aside.

WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- Officials at the U.S. Justice and Health and Human Services departments said they have arrested 38 people suspected of defrauding Medicare.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Congressional Democrats in Washington are criticizing a new Medicare handbook they feel is weighted toward private insurance plans.