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The 50th annual meeting of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) kicked off in Boston on Sunday with experts warning that a "slowdown" in research on antibiotic development could result in treatment challenges, Agence France-Presse reports.
Participants at the first meeting of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
The Commission for Africa, a panel set up by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, issued a report (.pdf) Monday which says international donors must follow up on aid commitments to Africa and help the continent address new challenges, Agence France-Presse reports (9/12).
At least one aspect of the GOP's health overhaul repeal push has become bipartisan: Objections to a provision requiring businesses that file 1099 tax forms to provide line-item detail of any purchases of $600 or more in a given year.
Politico reports that senior White House adviser David Axelrod said Sunday that he thinks voters will "eventually warm to health care reform."
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Monday's opinions and editorials from around America.
On Friday, an appeals court temporarily stayed a judge's ban on the federal government funding embryonic stem-cell research.
Lawmakers and others are closely watching a legal challenge to the health reform law brought in Florida as a possibility of what the future may hold.
The Seattle Times examines how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's goal to eradicate malaria is shaping aspects of global malaria research.
States address a range of policy issues.
Target is expanding its presence in the medical clinic business with eight new clinics.
News outlets report on the international counterfeit drug market.
"Thousands more health-care workers, from doctors to nurses to physical therapists, will be needed in the coming decade in Florida and across the country to treat the increasing number of older Americans - particularly the enormous baby boom generation," the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a congressional push to repeal a tax provision in the health law that critics say places a heavy burden on small businesses.
While some in the GOP are talking "repeal" or "defund," others are trying to campaign with a more "nuanced" approach.
"President Obama on Friday defended the Democrats' healthcare law, saying the enormous expansion of insurance coverage made an increase in healthcare spending inevitable," The Hill reports. But the AP finds a shift in the president's tone.
Inter Press Service examines how women's "low status" can contribute to the development of obstetric fistulas in women in "East, Central and Southern Africa."
"World powers have reached an accord, after weeks of tough talks, on a document to be adopted at a Millennium Development summit this month for which [U.N.] Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is seeking billions of dollars of new funding," Agence France-Presse reports.
The 20th World Water Week Friday issued a statement calling on the forthcoming High Level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals to pay more attention to water and sanitation at its concluding session," Xinhua reports.
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