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During a U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) address in New York on Wednesday, President Barack Obama outlined "changes in how the United States will pursue international development" and "urged wealthy countries ... to maintain development assistance to poor nations," the Washington Post reports.
In advance of Friday's special meeting, convened by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), CNN examines the current state of food security around the world and the outlook over the next few years.
A growing number of companies are putting more emphasis on philanthropic investments, former President Bill Clinton and business leaders said on Wednesday during the second day of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in New York, Reuters reports.
Sept. 23 marks the six-month anniversary of enactment of the health reform law, and with it, a slew of consumer-friendly provisions go into effect.
Obama touts benefits that take effect today, six months after the passage of the healthcare law, despite skeptical public and GOP attacks.
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that increased awareness and improved treatments, rather than mammograms, are the main force in reducing breast cancer death rate.
A host of new regulations go into effect Thursday and more are coming. That's left insurance companies "scrambling" to comply.
Pundits reflect on the six-month milestone for the sweeping health law, which continues to divide the public and the opinion pages.
In the next few years, General Electric Co. plans to donate $50 Million to community health clinics across the Untied States.
States address a range of health policy issues.
Coaching more patients over the phone could help save the health system money, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Va., spent Wednesday touting the new health reform law in the lead up to his hard campaigning to win re-election, unlike other Democrats.
The Hill's Healthwatch Blog reports that the House Wednesday passed a bill that would ban executives from "doing business with Medicare if their companies were convicted of fraud, even if the conviction takes place after their departure."
In their just-released campaign manifesto, "A Pledge to America," Republican lawmakers say repealing the health overhaul law would be among their goals if they retake Congress.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the health law's six-month anniversary and the specific provisions that take effect today, as well as the GOP's scheduled release of their "Pledge To America," which includes a repeal of the health overhaul among its priorities
President Obama Wednesday took to the suburbs of Washington, D.C., to call attention to consumer protection provisions that go into effect Thursday.
As a new poll found that more than half of Americans believe - in error - that the health law will raise their taxes this year, the Obama administration is using the 6-month anniversary to tout progress.
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