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USAID Director Rajiv Shah "says shelter and rubble removal are immediate priorities in the reconstruction efforts in earthquake-devastated Haiti," VOA News reports. Shah briefed the House Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Thursday, and also "said between 300,000 and 400,000 units of shelter are needed. He said aid workers are trying to provide about 135,000 transitional structures right now."
As part of a series of stories and editorials on the role science can play in securing food for the future, Nature News examines the challenges associated with feeding the world's hungry.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a $54.1 billion FY 2011 spending bill for the State Department and related agencies "that includes potentially controversial abortion language," CQ reports.
A new diagnostic tool that shortens the diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) from eight weeks to two hours should be made available to vulnerable populations according to a WHO expert, Reuters reports.
Politics are swirling around various provisions in the new health law, including HHS rules for high-risk health insurance pools, the Independent Payment Advisory Board for Medicare and children's insurance.
A Florida judge "blocked a proposed [state] constitutional amendment that targets the federal health-reform law, saying Florida Republican lawmakers included wording in the proposal that would mislead voters," according to Health News Florida and other news outlets.
States address a range of health policy issues.
States experience Medicaid cuts, struggle to balance budgets.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health information technology for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "defended the administration's new plans against critics who say the watered-down rules miss an opportunity to lower costs and improve patient care," The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
News outlets report on hospital issues in the Nashville area and San Francisco.
Since Congress chose not to extend a subsidy for COBRA coverage in its recently passed unemployment insurance measure, a mulitude of people who lost their jobs since June 1 will face higher insurance costs.
Meanwhile, in the Senate, a vote on Medicaid assistance for states is planned for next week and legislation is announced to create a federal demonstration program to test the cost effectiveness of medical-legal partnerships.
Program has linked 5,600 people to a "medical home" that helps oversee care but officials acknowledge that patients are not consistently maintaining a relationship with a doctor and often skip appointments.
This week's research roundup includes studies and briefs from the Urban Institute, the Kaiser Family Foundation, Archives of Internal Medicine, the Annals of Family Medicine and the Commonwealth Fund.
A Senate panel Friday voted in favor of legislation that would disallow brand name drug companies from paying generic brands to keep off the market.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a report about the administration's new high-risk pool regulations and how they address abortion coverage
Rising premiums prompt California legislators to take action, but the extent to which is debated.
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