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The new health law will infuse $3 billion into health research that compares treatments to gauge which are most effective, building on an earlier federal investment of $1.1 billion from the stimulus package.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a variety of state-oriented health-policy developments.
Health officials view these figures with disappointment because reducing the incidence of such infections has been a focus in improving health care quality.
Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's top influenza expert, on Monday said the organization did not effectively communicate the uncertainties of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus, which led to confusion worldwide, Reuters reports.
Laid-off workers are waiting to hear if a subsidy for health insurance will be offered to them as part of a jobless benefits package pending in the Senate.
News reports dig up some policy nuances, including one that escaped even the lawmakers who crafted it
The number of maternal deaths around the world has decreased from more than 500,000 in 1980 to an estimated 342,900 in 2008, according to a Lancet study published online on Monday, the BBC reports. For the study, "a team led by the University of Washington in Seattle, looked at data from thousands of observations of maternal deaths for 181 countries between 1980 and 2008. ... More than half of all maternal deaths were in only six countries in 2008
As the impact from the health care vote ripples across the country, House Republican Leader John Boehner said Monday that repealing the law is the GOP's "No. 1 priority."
Authorities are crediting their Medicare and Medicaid fraud initiatives for convictions and guilty pleas in California, Florida and New York this week.
Newsweek examines the work of Intellectual Ventures, a Seattle-based startup that is "trying to develop a computer model that could help eradicate malaria."
Reuters reports that the federal government is turning to states to "to institute key components" of the health overhaul law, "some of which have never existed before."
As care in the emergency department proves costly, patients sometime crunch the numbers.
States tackle several health care policy issues.
After nearly losing twin newborns to a medical mistake
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of opinions and editorials.
The New York Times has two stories on pharmaceutical industry payments to physicians and experts.
In Italy putting public and private hospitals on equal financial footing led to improved quality in both. In the United States, training real health-care workers in cyberspace may be paying off.
Florida House proposal would move all state Medicaid beneficiaries into managed care plans. But some advocacy groups are urging lawmakers to study the proposal for another year.
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