Archives: Morning Breakouts

Kaiser Health News examines several health care innovations that started out in developing countries and were then brought to the U.S.

"The U.S. government's international development agency is stepping up its focus on science and technology with a key appointment intended to enhance the agency's programmes in the Middle East and bolster the Obama administration's push for science diplomacy," SciDev.Net reports.

Researchers on Friday released a study in the Lancet that found while "[m]ost countries in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East doubled their health budgets," countries in sub-Saharan Africa appear to have trimmed their health spending as donors have boosted their health aid, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

Rep. Bart Stupak, a lightning-rod holdout for health care reform who eventually voted for the law will retire, another case of the health vote influencing Congressional races this year.

Threats against lawmakers have risen threefold during the health debate and in recent weeks, The Washington Post reports.

In remarks to reporters Thursday, Congressional Budget Office director Doug Elmendorf warned of a looming budget crisis that "cannot be solved through minor tinkering," but that the health overhaul will help reduce the debt.

The Squirrel Hill Health Center in Pittsburgh is one of many community health centers that will be affected by the health reform law, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.