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A vaccine against the mosquito-borne infection dengue, the first to reach the final stage of clinical testing, "has seen 'very promising' results in Thailand, a specialist involved in the tests said on Friday," Reuters reports (Petty/Mahlich, 6/10).
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Robin Li, CEO of the Chinese search engine company Baidu Inc., on Saturday announced the formation of a global alliance for public health with its first initiative focused on smoking cessation, Bloomberg reports (6/11).
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Obama administration plans to increase funding for nutrition programs in Tanzania as part of its Feed the Future initiative, VOA News reports (Stearns, 6/12).
The Los Angeles Times predicts that the GOP candidates will be making "bold right turns" during Monday night's New Hampshire debate, which is considered the first major debate of the 2012 campaign.
Amidst a pitched political debate over the federal deficit, all sides agree that health care spending must be addressed. Still, Medicare continues to cause considerable political differences.
A selection of viewpoints from around the country.
He has said that he is open to finding "sensible efforts to control DOD's health care costs" but would seek to maintain the level of care.
Meanwhile, in Oregon, hospital profit margins were down in 2010, according to the state Association of Hospitals and Health Systems.
News outlets report on state health policy issues.
As Great Britain works at overhauling its National Health System, many there are expressing grave concerns about moving toward a "Yankee" model.
Politico Pro reports that at there are certain Democrats who could be persuaded to join GOP efforts to trim away at the program's rules.
Also, The Hill reports on what motivated some first-term members of Congress to run for the House of Representatives even though they had never held office before.
Proposed changes in Medicaid operations in Texas, New Jersey and Arizona are expected to trim the number of enrollees in those programs.
Late last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services clarified that same-sex couples are entitled to the same protections that exist for heterosexual couples when one member enters a nursing home.
The clinic, a prestigious health care facility, is raising questions about the health law's accountable care organizations, saying the draft program regulations are at odds with the way Medicare is operated.
The Associated Press reports that seniors are facing Medicare cost barriers which sometimes lead them to not fill cancer drug prescriptions. Also, CQ HealthBeat reports that a special team within the Department of Health and Human Services is working on finding ways to save money and improve care for patients on both Medicare and Medicaid.
Figures released Friday reflect the number of participants in the health overhaul's high-risk pools as of April. Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare reports that Kansas has widened it's high-risk pool to allow child-only plans.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about GOP presidential contenders' health policy positioning and posturing.
News outlets are reporting on Medicare, politics and sobering assessment of the country's fiscal future.
The South African government's program to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV has reduced the rate of virus transmission to about 3.5 percent, "potentially sparing some 67,000 babies from HIV infection," according to research presented on Wednesday by the Medical Research Council at the 5th South African AIDS Conference in Durban, Health-e/allAfrica.com reports (Thom, 6/9).
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