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Today's updates on the continuing unfurling of the health overhaul law include Medicare chief Donald Berwick's behind the scenes push for 'accountable care organizations,' tax anxiety in the medical device industry, and the promise of new help for pregnant women.
The deaths of four million of the world's poorest children over 10 years could have been avoided if governments had not turned "a blind eye" to the neediest children, said a report from Save the Children, released on Tuesday, the U.K. Press Association reports (9/6).
News outlets report on health insurance options for people with pre-existing conditions.
As candidates ramped up campaigning over Labor Day weekend, news outlets examined the role of the new health law in the 2010 elections.
Health Affairs analysis finds 2.4 percent of annual health spending is spent on medical malpractice. But tort reform would do little to lower overall healthcare spending.
A selection of editorials from over the holiday weekend and today.
Health officials predict ample flu vaccine supplies and recommend 'three-in-one' shot for everyone older than six months.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations look at a surprise some Medicare beneficiaries find when they leave the hospital, new studies on malpractice costs and the heavy use of hospitals for primary care needs, and how Democrats are treating the new health law in their congressional campaigns.
The Boston Globe reports that while keeping a low public profile, Medicare chief Donald Berwick is working to "seed the US health care system with 100 to 300 sites to test new models of caring for patients." The effort is part of the $10 billion innovation center included in the new health law.
With Labor Day weekend the traditional start of intense campaigning, some news coverage focused on health care.
"The IMF and the World Bank have stepped up aid to flood-hit Pakistan to help the country cope with its worst-ever humanitarian disaster," Agence France-Presse reports.
VOA News examines President Barack Obama's $63 billion Global Health Initiative (GHI), noting the initiative's emphasis on cost-effective strategies to improve child- and maternal-health as well as programs to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) "has called a special meeting on the recent spike in food prices, responding to fears of a repeat of the shortages that led to riots in parts of the world two years ago," the Associated Press reports. The inter-governmental committee on grains will meet on Sept. 24, most likely in Rome, according to FAO spokesperson Christopher Matthews. "He said a large number of member countries had expressed concern about a possible repeat of the 2008 food crisis," the AP reports (9/3).
News outlets are following the politics, myths and rhetoric surrounding the new health law.
An experimental malaria drug was shown to effectively treat the disease in mice with only a single dose, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, Reuters reports (Kelland, 9/2). The new drug, known as NITD609, "represents an entirely new class of medicines to treat malaria ... Human trials, backed by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG, could begin later this year," the Wall Street Journal writes (Naik, 9/3).
"A group of 60 nations, including France, Britain and Japan, will propose at the U.N. [summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)] this month that a tax be introduced on international currency transactions to raise funds for development aid, ministers said on Wednesday," Reuters reports (Irish, 9/1).
News outlets report on criticism of both the food industry and government regulatory agencies in the wake of major egg and beef recalls.
States address a range of public policy issues.
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