Health Bill Faces Saturday Showdown

Even though unemployment has dropped for the first time in more than two years in Massachusetts, there is a looming problem with the fund used to pay unemployment benefits. It’s about to run out of money.

Even though the jobless rate fell in October, a troubling figure is not improving: underemployed — people who are working part-time because they can’t find full-time jobs.

Stephen Pagliuca is trying set himself apart from his rivals, Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano, who have said they'd oppose reform if it prohibits government funding of plans that cover abortions.

"It's just pure coincidence that these guidelines have been released now," says the committee chairman. Only days ago, new guidelines recommending that women wait until they're 50 to get mammograms caused a furor.

State health officials say the flu is at a historic high, but some doctors say it's peaking. To make sense of those conflicting claims, here are some swine flu questions and answers.