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Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how opponents of the health law are steering the educational efforts that surround it, as well as poll results that suggest continued Republican inroads at the polls.
More groups are jumping into campaign messaging as the GOP lays out a possible roadmap for its repeal efforts
The Department of Health and Human Services says it will award $30 million in grants to help states provide direct services to consumers about health insurance.
A new survey finds that people prefer to gather health information from personal sources, although mobile apps may change that, meanwhile a family physician discusses what the federal health IT agenda means for doctors.
A selection of opinions and editorials from across the U.S.
A new study shows that reviewing "surgery checklists" before, during and after an operation can help surgical teams reduce the number of deaths due to human error.
States address a range of health policy issues.
American Medical News reports that the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act hasn't made employers drop coverage as some feared.
In Memphis, businesses are searching for ways to control costs and reward quality.
More poor children would get the flu vaccine if Medicaid increased the reimbursement to doctors for giving the shot, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.
News outlets report on rising health insurance premiums and how to reduce personal medical spending.
News outlets report on the role of Medicare and Medicaid spending in this year's elections.
Post-menopausal hormone treatment may increase a patient's likelihood of developing advanced and deadly breast cancer, according to a federal study of more than 12,000 women conducted by the Women's Health Initiative and published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, praised the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, established by the federal health care law.
In response to Republicans' inquiry, GAO says the HHS advertising on federal health law and contract with an MIT economist were legal.
Health insurer UnitedHealth said that it will try paying doctors a lump sum payment for providing cancer care during an entire course of care for the disease instead of how it's done now - with a fee for each service provided.
A new report from the Massachusetts Medical Sociey finds that the need for primary care physicians is "critical."
Nearly three months after major floods hit large portions of Pakistan, at least seven million people are still without shelter, Stacey Winston, a U.N. spokesperson, said at a news conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reports.
SciDev.Net reports on an HIV vaccine research collaboration between researchers from India and South Africa to launch by the end of 2010.
Floods in west and central Africa have killed 377 people and affected almost 1.5 million people since the start of the rainy season in June, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reports.
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