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A growing number of HIV infections in East Africa are linked to injection drug use (IDU), according to a new report (.pdf) from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, VOA News reports (DeCapua, 4/29).
All sides of the budget issue are preparing for a long fight. Among the key players is the so-called "Gang of Six," which is honing its deficit reduction plan.
News outlets offer varying takes on how voters and fellow Republicans are reacting to the GOP plan to transform Medicare.
The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) on Friday said it would begin providing emergency food aid to 3.5 million people in North Korea, Reuters reports (Mackenzie, 4/29).
A selection of editorials, analyses and opinions from around the country.
The court handed the Obama administration a victory by ruling that federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research can go forward.
The shift in payment strategy will reward hospitals for the quality, rather than the quantity, of care they provide. The change was set in motion by the health law.
Speaking at a "tea party" forum on Friday evening, former governor Mitt Romney, now a GOP presidential hopeful, offered "tepid" defenses of his state's health law and said that the Mass. overhaul was an "experiment" and some parts of it "didn't work."
A rule issued Friday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may keep the Supreme Court from hearing a case about state Medicaid payments.
But examinations and fact checks question the claim.
News outlets across the country report on developments in health policy.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the part Medicare and Medicaid will play in the budget debate, which will pick up steam as Congress returns to Washington, D.C., after its spring recess.
Washington Post looks at the genesis of the voucher-like program Rep. Paul Ryan has proposed for Medicare and Republican defense of the plan while other news outlets explore how it is paying across the country.
The decision overturns a federal district court decision that found the research was in violation of a law prohibiting government financing of experiments that destroy human embryos.
In interview with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, former president says that even if the high court rules against the provision requiring health insurance, the rest of the bill will likely remain intact.
Though post-election violence in Cote d'Ivoire has ended, thousands of people remain in need of humanitarian assistance, including health care, education, water, shelter and protection, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement (.pdf) on Wednesday, the U.N. News Centre reports.
Preventive measures are the best way to ensure people are protected from hazards in the workplace, U.N. International Labor Union Director-General Juan Somavia said in a message Thursday marking the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the U.N. News Centre reports.
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