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The Houston hospital treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Sunday that her condition is improving daily, but gave no update on the buildup of brain fluid that has kept the Arizona congresswoman in intensive care.

U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords is expected to be discharged from a Tucson hospital on Friday, two weeks after she was shot through the head, to begin in-patient rehabilitation at a facility in Texas, her office said on Wednesday.

The husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says his wife's condition has improved so much that she has been able to smile and give him a neck rub as he has kept a near-constant vigil at her hospital bedside....

A friend of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, critically injured in the Tucson shootings, says she's 'making progress every day.' Funerals for those killed in the rampage continue today.U.S. Rep.

Rep.Gabrielle Giffords takes another step in her recovery after last week's shooting as doctors remove her breathing tube since she no longer requires a precautionary respirator 'Confidence' in Giffords' RecoveryPhotos Surface of Loughner Naked With GunFull Coverage:

As the funeral of another victim of last week’s shooting rampage was held here, Representative Gabrielle Giffords continued Friday to make significant medical progress, her doctors said.

In his speech at Arizona memorial service, Obama announces Rep. Gabrielle Giffords 'opened her eyes for the first time' just moments after he visited her in the hospital...

Prominent Republican Sarah Palin on Wednesday accused critics of "blood libel" by blaming her rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

A CBS News poll says that 57% of those surveyed reject a connection between the strident tone of recent political debate and the attack that killed six and seriously wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. However, the results differed sharply depending on respondents' political identifications.A sizable majority of Americans said they did not believe that harsh political rhetoric was the reason a gunman opened fire over the weekend in Tucson, killing six and wounding 14, including Rep.

Doctors treating Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Monday the congresswoman was responding to verbal commands by raising two fingers of her left hand and even managed to give a thumbs-up....