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Twenty-two countries "are facing enormous challenges like repeated food crises and an extremely high prevalence of hunger due to a combination of natural disasters, conflict and weak institutions," the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) and the World Food Program said in the State of Food Insecurity in the World 2010 report (.pdf) on Wedensday, Xinhua News reports.
A new poll has found that fewer adults have employer-sponsored than did two years ago.
Tom Daschle warns in new book that health care law opponents could still cause possible damage. While promoting the book, the former Senate majority leader also briefly suggests that White House was not commited to public option.
Several top federal officials tell health industry representatives that they are seeking to address concerns, including worries about anti-trust issues with ACOs.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the early legal tests facing the new health law and more on the politics swirling around the measure's sweeping reforms.
Democrats are gaining ground in campaign polling, but Republicans still hold a lead, buoyed in part by their stance on health care as the November midterm elections near.
In a congressional appearance Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asked lawmakers to move beyond politics and focus on successfully reforming American health care.
Almost "90 percent of active and retired military officers say diplomacy and development" initiatives can play a helpful role in reaching U.S. national security goals and that relying on only a strong military presence is not enough, according to a recent poll from the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC), FOXNews.com reports.
"The Obama administration is expected on Tuesday to announce a large increase in its pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and to call for reform of the organization," the Wall Street Journal reports. "The pledge of $4 billion over the next three fiscal years to the Geneva-based organization comes as governments and donors around the world have slowed increases in spending to combat HIV/AIDS, with weaker economies straining budgets," the newspaper adds (McKay, 10/5).
The Washington Post reports that the price federal employees pay for health insurance next year won't go up as much as it did this year, but that the 7.2 percent increase for 2011 is "much greater than inflation or any pay increase or cost of living adjustment they might get."
Kaiser Health News reports that nurses clamoring for a bigger role in providing care for Americans got a powerful ally in the Institute of Medicine Tuesday as the institute released a report calling for a bigger role for nurses in American health care.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Tuesday's opinions and editorials from around America.
Prices vary radically for similar procedures at Oregon hospitals.
As the Obama administration nudges the health system toward adopting electronic medical records, researchers have identified some unintended consequences.
States address a range of health policy issues.
Will the health reform curb private Medicare insurance plans, known as Medicare Advantage, or won't it? Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters Monday that it won't.
The 57th WHO Eastern Mediterranean regional meeting opened Sunday in Cairo, Egypt, the Emirates News Agency reports (10/2).
The U.N. marked World Habitat Day Monday with a call for governments worldwide to do more to reduce urban poverty and improve the living conditions populations in cities around the world face, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation reports. "Creating better cities demands the combined efforts of national and local governments, civil society and the private sector, supported by the best efforts of the United Nations system," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement released to mark World Habitat Day.
A recent study finds that parents with private health insurance increasingly go without pediatrician-recommended care for their kids.
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