Archives: Morning Breakouts

Drugmakers face a slew of recalls and lawsuits; cheap generic drug prescriptions may skew health claims data

Citing 'murkier' regulatory environment, Silicon Valley investors aren't suprised by slowdown in funding for health care start-ups.

News outlets look at issues that may arise as states and employers plan for implementation amid federal challenges

The new warnings include dramatic images such as children enveloped in smoke, a man smoking through a tracheotomy hole in his throat, the surgery scar on a chest and an emaciated cancer patient.

During a stop in Indonesia on Tuesday as part of his 10-day Asia-Pacific tour, President Barack Obama together with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a U.S.-Indonesia partnership that "will encompass a variety of key issues such as science, technology, health and trade. A special emphasis was placed on education and climate change," United Press International reports (Lasagni, 11/9).

Experts attending the International Rice Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday called for imminent action to change inefficient farming methods and expand the global rice supply "in order to prevent rising poverty and hunger," Agence France-Presse reports (11/9).

The Guardian examines the reflections of former President George W. Bush on "the $15bn President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) which distributed antiretroviral drugs to keep people with HIV alive," as the president describes in his recently released memoir, Decision Points.

"Using mobile-phone text messages to remind HIV patients to take their dose of life-saving medications can give a major boost to drug adherence, according to an innovative trial in Kenya unveiled on Tuesday," Agence France-Presse reports.

GOP lawmakers positioning to use their new posts heading House committees to take on the health overhaul. Their main focus -- questions such as what's it going to cost and how does it impact current coverage?

Asking for support from other Republicans, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will file an amicus brief supporting a challenge by 20 states to the health care overhaul.