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Observers have devised plenty of ways to track how the economy is doing. They watch the Dow, housing starts or consumer confidence to gauge our economic health.

Texas health care officials say the state faces a severe shortage of primary care providers.

Corey Goodman, who spearheaded Pfizer Inc.’s push into biotech and San Francisco’s Mission Bay, will leave the company May 31 as a result of Pfizer’s pending merger with Wyeth.

Bay Area hospitals, once thought to be immune to the economic downturn’s ugly effects, are shedding jobs — although at a slower rate than in many other industries.

Belleville Memorial Hospital is still waiting for payments for medical services rendered in September 2008, and the debtor with the past-due account is the state of Illinois.