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Three cases of cholera have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital of Kinshasa, "home to at least 9 million people, many of whom live in cramped, unsanitary conditions," Reuters reports.
In the wake of the 2008-09 financial crisis, many country's governments could be undermining economic recovery by implementing austerity measures such as cuts in spending on health, education and other social programs, which "threaten to turn back decades of social progress, block new job creation and derail efforts to eradicate poverty" in both developed and developing nations, according to a United Nations report (.pdf) published Wednesday, Reuters reports (Evans, 6/22).
"Up to five million people in Pakistan are at risk from floods this year, partly due to poor reconstruction and the inadequate rehabilitation of survivors who are still reeling from last year's epic deluge, the U.N. said on Wednesday," Reuters reports.
In his latest New York Times column, Nicholas Kristof discusses the health benefits of breast milk for preventing childhood malnutrition.
More than 50 companies involved in global development work have formed the Coalition of International Development Companies "in hopes of gaining more visibility for their work with the U.S. Agency for International Development as well as with other government agencies and nongovernmental organizations," Washington Technology reports.
"G20 farm ministers settled a deal on Thursday to tackle high food prices, agreeing to a watered-down declaration that fell short of France's ambitious proposals to tighten regulation of commodity markets," Reuters reports.
Both Democrats and Republicans appear to be increasingly entrenched on key issues, including changes to entitlement programs like Medicare.
The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it was scaling back its earlier-released rules regarding consumers' right to appeal health plan care denials.
A selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.
The federal appeals court action centered mainly on the questions of whether plaintiffs need to show that they are already suffering economic harm - or will in the future - as a result of the health law's individual mandate.
A report by Attorney General Martha Coakley says providers retain market clout and can bargain for high payments.
In the background, Republicans on Capitol Hill are renewing their criticisms of the health law's Independent Payment Advisory Board as a "rationing" panel. Also reverberating - how candidates are handling the GOP anti-abortion pledge, and findings from a new poll suggest Americans are leery of the Medicare plan advanced by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
News outlets report on a variety of state health policy issues.
And in other health law implementation news, House GOP lawmakers lashed out at the administration waiver process during a Capitol Hill press conference.
Politics were at work as Deborah Taylor, the chief financial officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, faced tough questioning during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee On Oversight and Investigations hearing regarding the financial controls applied to this aspect of Medicare - a generally complex and obscure part of the program.
This week's reading includes articles from Time, Newsweek, the Economist and American Medical News.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the Department of Health and Human Services will scale back the health law's rules on patient health care appeals.
"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
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).
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."
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