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WHO is urging countries in Europe to join together to help control the measles outbreak that has grown to more than 6,500 cases in 33 countries and the potential for worsening outbreaks "in the days ahead as people travel during the Easter holidays," U.N. News Centre reports (4/21).
U.S. global health programs did relatively well in terms of funding in the FY11 budget, but global health policy experts participating in a panel discussion on Wednesday at the Kaiser Family Foundation acknowledged that challenges remain as Congress begins debate on the FY12 budget.
At home in their districts, Republicans are taking positions - and heat - on the Ryan budget plan, which would make significant changes to the Medicare program. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama is taking his message on the road.
Meanwhile, The Hill reports that health lobbying has dropped off compared to the level a year ago when Congress was in the midst of the health reform debate.
The findings, which appeared in the journal Demography, came out just weeks after the Department of Health and Human Services released a national strategy to reduce racial and ethnic differences in care.
Staff members for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, R-Ariz., have become key advocates in a campaign to ensure that the health law guarantees high levels of care for people who suffer traumatic brain injuries.
Today's opinions, editorials and satire come from The New York Times, Kaiser Health News, Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Onion.
Today's news includes reports from Massachusetts, California, Illinois, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Kansas, Michigan and Oregon.
According to press reports, U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson ruled that Nicholas Purpura and Donald R. Laster Jr., who filed their lawsuit without a lawyer, lack legal standing to challenge the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Minnesota Public Radio reports that as a result of the health law, more oversight will be applied to home health services.
Today's studies come from JAMA, George Washignton University, RCHN Community Health Foundation, RAND, Health Affairs, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Kaiser Family Foundation, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and the Alliance For Health Reform.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about political reactions to the Democratic and Republican deficit proposals as well as plans for Medicare.
After meeting with Haitian President-elect Michel Martelly on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. would back Haiti's efforts to recover from the January 2010 earthquake "all the way," VOA News reports. "Martelly is in Washington for key meetings in advance of his May 14 inauguration," the news service notes (Gollust, 4/20).
China on Thursday released its first report on the country's investment in foreign aid over the past few decades and its impact on developing countries, noting that "its rise as an aid donor is a good development at a time when the global financial crisis is straining most other countries' spending," the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.
Although President Barack Obama used strong and critical language to describe the Republican proposals to change Medicare and Medicaid, he also indicated that he expected to reach a deal to reduce the deficit without transforming these programs.
In other health reform news, President Obama says that he is flexible on health reform, and the AP reports on how the absence of one Supreme Court justice on certain legal questions has been "no big deal."
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on how electronic medical records systems have led to a new type of job in the health care workforce.
Media outlets report on state-level action regarding Planned Parenthood and abortion issues.
The Shots Blog reports that "the brand-name pharmaceutical industry has a drug problem."
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