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"Bad immunisation strategy has been blamed for an outbreak of polio, which has killed nearly 200 and is believed to have caused paralysis in more than 2,000 others across Angola, Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)," the Mail & Guardian writes in a story examining the emergence of the disease in the three countries and efforts to control it.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) "moved rapidly Wednesday to put her mark on U.S. foreign policy as the incoming chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee," McClatchy reports (Clark, 12/8).
The Senate approved a one-year delay in scheduled Medicare physician pay cuts Wednesday. The measure will now will go to the House.
The Republican lawmaker who will take the chair of the House's main investigative committee has made clear his interest in examining the overuse of expensive medical procedures while a newly tapped GOP subcommittee chief pledges to undo the health law.
As rulemaking continues to be the new focus in the health overhaul debate, media outlets report on the Obama administration use of waivers regarding a key aspect of the new law.
Today's opeds are from The Dallas Morning News, The Arizona Republic, USA Today, Roll Call, KHN, the Boston Globe The Denver Post
Nursing homes: Media outlets report on challenges faced both by nursing facilities and home health agencies.
A report by a presidential advisory panel urges the federal government to be more aggressive in facilitating the adoption of universal standards for sharing electronic health information and maintaining patient privacy.
News outlets report on how insurers and brokers are devising strategies in response to the new health law.
A New Jersey federal district court judge issued the latest dismissal in the ongoing legal challenges to health reform. Still, all eyes continue to watch for a ruling from a Virginia court sometime this month.
A roundup of state news, especially focusing on Medicaid shortfalls.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the Senate approved a one-year Medicare payment fix for physicians.
More than 2,000 people have died of cholera in Haiti since late October, Haitian officials said on Monday, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports (12/6). According to Haitian health ministry figured, a total of "2,013 people have died from the water-borne bacterial infection and 88,789 cases have been recorded," Agence France-Presse writes (12/6).
HP and the African social enterprise mPedigree on Monday announced a new service that will enable patients in Ghana and Nigeria to verify the authenticity of their medications, Fast Company reports. "Counterfeit drugs are estimated to be a $75-billion-per-year business, [and are] implicated in the deaths of something like 700,000 people around the world annually," according to the article (Zax, 12/6).
Senate leaders agreed to stave off deep cuts to physicians' Medicare payments for one year by repurposing money set aside for the health law.
"Tanzania, Mozambique and Niger spend the most on child wellbeing in Africa
Food safety legislation will also be taken up by the House this week.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins on Tuesday announced the agency is moving forward on plans to create a new research center focused on translational science, after NIH's advisory board voted to create the new center, Science's "Science Insider" reports (Kaiser, 12/7).
"The World Health Organization endorsed a new, rapid test for tuberculosis Wednesday that cuts the diagnosis time for patients from months to hours," CNN reports (Gray, 12/8).
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