Egg Recall, Drug Approval Time Raise Questions About FDA Resources
The recent salmonella outbreak/egg recall is raising questions about whether the Food and Drug Administration is fulfilling its regulatory role, the NewsHour reports.
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The recent salmonella outbreak/egg recall is raising questions about whether the Food and Drug Administration is fulfilling its regulatory role, the NewsHour reports.
The growth rate of health spending is at its slowest in a half-century, "a sign that people are forgoing medical care during the recession," according to an analysis of government data by USA Today.
The scientists, who had not met before Wednesday, said "they were motivated by ethical objections to destroying human embryos for medical research," the Wall Street Journal reports.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a new study examining the impact of the health overhaul on the small business workforce.
Some of the malaria drugs given to Africa by international donors are "being stolen and resold on commercial markets," according to a study to be released Thursday in the journal Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, the Associated Press reports.
More than 200 agricultural experts from around the world are meeting in Windhoek, Namibia, for the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network's (FANRPAN) regional conference, New Era/allAfrica.com reports (Sasman, 8/31).
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, issued an executive order Tuesday instructing state agencies to reject discretionary federal funds that stem from the health overhaul.
Among those employers are seven state governments involved in lawsuits to block a key aspect of the new health law from taking effect.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from around America.
States address a range of policy issues at the state level.
During the 60th session of the Africa Committee of the WHO on Monday, Luis Sambo, regional director of the WHO for Africa, proposed the creation of a public health emergency fund to provide financial support to African countries in emergency situations, Agencia AngolaPress reports (8/30).
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that women with a gene mutation linked to breast and ovarian cancer face lower risks of developing such cancer after receiving mastectomies or having their ovaries removed.
The Fiscal Times reports that a Medicare program that has agreed to pay for counseling for seniors who smoke but are not yet sick could help the program, and America's health system, lower costs.
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War veterans are receiving disability compensation for diseases normally associated with aging - not combat - because of the possibility of a link Agent Orange exposure.
After touring flood-hit areas in Pakistan on Tuesday, the executive directors of UNICEF and the World Food Program (WFP) appealed for more flood relief aid, VOA News reports (Maroney, 8/31).
The Christian Science Monitor reports that the Florida Supreme Court voted 5-2 Tuesday to exclude a ballot measure to repeal health reform in that state because the language used in the question is misleading.
A survey of hospital finances by Forbes found that "some American hospitals make 25 cents or more for every $1 in patient revenue they take in."
The World Bank on Tuesday issued a report (.pdf) calling for an more integrated approach to worldwide water management, PANA/Afrique en ligne reports (9/1). "We can't properly tackle global priorities of food security, renewable energy, adaptation to climate change, public health and urbanization unless we manage water better," Julia Bucknall, water sector manager for the World Bank, said, according to a World Bank press release (8/31).
The Obama administration asks judge to allow continued federal funding of stem-cell research while it appeals a ruling that would halt government's support of such experiments.
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