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Children's prescription drug use rose "several times faster" than adult use last year, "due in part to swine flu drugs and Type 2 diabetes medications, according to Medco Health Solutions Inc," the Associated Press reports.
After Pathway Genomics proposed selling genetics tests directly to consumers without FDA approval and "despite concerns" about accuracy, lawmakers have launched an investigation and requested information about the products according to letters sent to three firms by a House panel.
News outlets report on hospitals issues in New York, Michigan, Tennessee and Georgia.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including Medicare pay fix developments and continuing analysis regarding health reform and how it might play into the 2010 electoral landscape.
News outlets report on changes in the medical profession.
The Lancet released on Wednesday a special series on tuberculosis, which includes a series of papers and comments highlighting the need for new tools, the threat posed by drug-resistant strains, results of current control efforts and other issues about TB worldwide, Agence France-Presse reports.
"The head of the U.N. mission in Haiti Edmond Mulet unveiled new efforts Tuesday to provide secure housing to thousands of people made homeless by January's devastating earthquake," Agence France-Presse reports.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Thursday launched a campaign to generate public support for efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015, the BBC reports. "The Born HIV Free campaign comes at a critical time, with the fund seeking donations of up to $20bn over the next three years," the BBC continues.
Media outlets continue to track news emerging from the 63rd annual World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva.
Some Democrats are concerned that adding a Medicare physician payment "fix" to tax legislation will add to the debt and are considering dropping the provision.
News outlets report on how health reform may have influenced Tuesday's primary elections.
The Associated Press reports that the Massachusetts Senate Tuesday approved a bill that would make wealthy hospitals pay $100 million in a one-time contribution to help small businesses ease insurance premiums.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from around the nation.
Kaiser Health News's Mary Agnes Carey and The Wall Street Journal's Janet Adamy discussed the many ways the health overhaul law will affect health care consumers young and old, and especially people with Medicare coverage, on NPR's Talk of the Nation Tuesday.
The health law allows parents to keep children up to age 26 on their plans, and some private insurers are putting the provision in place quickly. But FEHBP is not scheduled to allow the change until January.
A Los Angeles man has been convicted of using HIV patients to obtain $80,000 worth of painkillers. A Boston doctor lost his bid to regain Medicare billing rights after pleading guilty to falsifying records, in order, he said, to help patients maintain insurance coverage.
The state institution that provides health services to Texas state prisoners will lay off 363 workers because of budget cuts.
Crain's Chicago Business reports that, in the fall, the city will open its "first charter high school specializing in health care, a move local hospitals hope will help relieve chronic workforce shortages."
The agency hired CGI Federal Inc., a consulting firm, to make its three websites more user friendly.
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