Latest KFF Health News Stories
FDA Reveals Graphic New Cigarette Warning Labels
“Nearly a half-century after U.S. cigarette packs were emblazoned with their first, modest warning, ‘Caution: Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health,’ the Food and Drug Administration – at Congress’ behest – is
U.N. Launches Drive To Improve Basic Sanitation By 2015
The U.N. on Tuesday “launched a major push to accelerate progress towards the goal of halving, by 2015, the proportion of the population without access to basic sanitation,” according to the U.N. News Centre (6/21).
Funding Vaccines In The Developing World Creates Positive Allies
Syndicated columnist and ONE senior adviser Michael Gerson, in a CNN opinion piece, reviews the documentary “Voodoo and Vaccines,” which he writes “shows how government and health officials have reached out to religious leaders, and how many traditional healers are now carrying a pro-vaccination message. They are combining a belief in traditional medicine with an acceptance of modern medicine. And this is benefiting the people of Benin.”
Food Price Increases Create Discontent Among The Poor
A new report published on Tuesday by Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies on the impact of rising food prices “shows that the overall impact of the 2011 food price spike seems to be a ratcheting up of inequality, producing a pattern of ‘weak losers and strong winners,'” Duncan Green, Oxfam GB’s head of research, and Naomi Hossain, a research fellow in the Participation, Power and Social Change team at IDS, write in a post on the Guardian’s “Poverty Matters Blog.”
Eradicating Malaria Is A ‘Realistic Possibility’
Eliminating malaria in endemic countries is a “realistic possibility if those countries keep expanding malaria prevention and treatment at the pace set in recent years,” Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, writes on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s blog.
Defining The Meaning Of Human Rights And Health
A blog post on the Global Health Council’s “Blog 4 Global Health” discusses the meaning of language linking health and human rights.
India Looking To Supply Generic Drugs To Japan
After serving as “a lifeline to poor countries, supplying HIV drugs that have saved millions of lives
Nature News Interviews Outgoing Gates Foundation Global Health President
As Tachi Yamada, president of global health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, prepares to leave the foundation this month, Nature News interviewed him about his work at the Gates Foundation and his predictions for global health.
Ghanaian, Brazilian Leaders Awarded World Food Prize
“John Kufuor of Ghana and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil won the $250,000 World Food Prize for cutting hunger in half while serving as president of their nations, the prize organizers announced on Tuesday,” Reuters reports.
‘Global Pulse’ Examines Balancing Need For Emergency And Sustainable Health Care In Fragile States
GlobalPost’s “Global Pulse” blog examines USAID and other organizations’ efforts to balance “the need for emergency health care and sustainable, quality health care” in fragile states, including South Sudan and Haiti.
The Role Of Pharmaceutical Companies In Global Health
Owen Barder, a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development, examines the relationship among aid donors, GAVI and pharmaceutical companies in a post on the center’s “Global Health Policy” blog.
Michelle Obama Talks About AIDS, Women’s Rights On Africa Trip
First Lady Michelle Obama, who is on a trip to Africa, “urged young Africans on Wednesday to fight for women’s rights and battle the stigma of AIDS, using her husband’s ‘yes, we can’ campaign slogan to motivate youth across the continent,” Reuters reports.
“G20 farm ministers meet in Paris on Wednesday to review steps to curb food price volatility amid doubts France will win unanimous backing for a cornerstone proposal to tighten regulation for commodity markets,” Reuters reports.
Studies: Health Law Aids Employer Health Coverage
Research released yesterday offered a very different view than a controversial McKinsey & Co. survey released last week regarding the impact the health law would have on employer-based health coverage.
Middle-Class Early Retirees May Be Eligible For Medicaid In 2014
As a result of the health law, many early retirees may in 2014 be eligible for Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the poor. This expansion, which is being termed a “glitch” and is drawing significant Republican reaction, could mean that early retirees with household incomes up to $64,000 would qualify.
FDA Releases New Tobacco Warning Labels That Emphasize “Horror Factor”
The labels, which represent the first change in these warnings in 25 years, are required under a federal law that was passed in 2009 and must be displayed on cigarette packaging and advertisements by September 2012.
Viewpoints: Medicare And Politics; Concerns About AARP; Medicaid’s Future
A selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.
AP: Walgreens, Express Scripts At Odds In Contract Negotiations
The two companies have hit an impasse as the Walgreen Company charges that the pharmacy benefits manager does not pay enough to fill prescriptions.
Florida Officials Ask Feds For More Time On Medicaid Pilot Program
News organizations in Florida, Colorado and Louisiana report on developments in state Medicaid issues.
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Carve Out Positions On Key Health Law Issues
Former Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty has vowed to bring back the term “Obamneycare” while Jon Huntsman, former Utah governor, ambassador to China and the latest to throw his hat into the GOP presidential nomination race, explained his position on the individual mandate.
