Today's Globe: surgeons to the sports stars, healthy food, healthcare bill, swine flu

Week after week, Dr. Brian McKeon's reputation is as much on the line as the Celtics players he patches up, and the team physician knows that one error can bring the wrath of a sports-obsessed city down on him. Team physicians who care for these million-dollar bodies often find themselves under the most public of microscopes.

From Mattapan to East Boston residents are pushing back against the culture of unhealthy eating in low-income neighborhoods, known as food deserts because of the lack of places to buy quality foods.

Democrats at both ends of the Capitol yesterday accelerated their drive to enact sweeping healthcare legislation, outlining proposals to extend coverage to uninsured millions but omitting most details on plans for raising more than $1 trillion needed to cover costs.

The World Health Organization said yesterday a spike in swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announce the first flu pandemic in 41 years. It also expressed concern about an unusual rise in severe illness from the disease in Canada.