Archives: Morning Breakouts

Farming techniques must adapt to mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure global food security, Olivier De Schutter, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food, said in a statement to mark Saturday's World Food Day, Agence France-Presse reports.

The number of dengue cases "has more than doubled in the last decade" in the Western Pacific, according to the WHO, BBC reports. "National resources need to be mobilized to sustain dengue prevention and control, and the disease's profile needs to be raised on the global health agenda to stimulate the interest of international agencies and donors," said Shin Young-soo, the WHO's regional director for the Western Pacific, where the majority of the population at risk of dengue lives.

In parts of Asia, "policies outlawing sex work are undermining HIV/AIDS prevention efforts by fragmenting and stigmatizing the sex workers and turning condom possession into an act that could lead to jail time, NGO officials say," IRIN reports (10/15).

Politico reports that support among the public for the health overhaul dipped during the last month, even as the "percentage of Democrats who say they'll go to the polls to defend the law rose."

A number of candidates for federal and state office are sounding off on how they view the health law as the pace in the run up to the midterm elections quickens.

The legal challenges to the health law continue Monday.

In a speech at the World Food Prize conference on Thursday, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed several topics related to food security and said that discrimination against women is limiting agricultural development in Africa, the Des Moines Register reports.