Urbanization, Health Tackled On World Health Day
Several media outlets examine the health risks associated with rapid urbanization around the world
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Several media outlets examine the health risks associated with rapid urbanization around the world
Inter Press Service examines malnutrition and factors contributing to the rising rates of "obesity and obesity-related illness - such as type II diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, some forms of cancer and osteoporosis - in Latin America, and especially among the poorest sectors of the population."
The administration and congressional Democrats have pushed reductions in the growth of payments to these plans as a way to help pay for the health-care overhaul.
Some Democrats are approaching their Easter recesses at home with trepidation though Democrat leaders have urged their members to return home and tout the benefits of the newly-minted health care law, Politico reports.
Experts say that fighting maternal mortality will cost the world a total of $24 billion annually, or an additional $12 billion per year, the Toronto Star writes in an article about Canada's G8 maternal and child health initiative and a maternal health conference that is being planned ahead of the G8 meeting.
Kaiser Health News presents a sampling of opinions and editorials from around the country.
Crucell, the Dutch biotechnology company, "said on Tuesday it had agreed with Britain's GlaxoSmithKline [GSK] to jointly develop a malaria vaccine candidate, without disclosing financial details," Reuters reports (Gray-Block, 4/6).
Reports explore federal changes to insurance policies, flexible health spending accounts and the IRS's plans to ensure that people have insurance.
The Fiscal Times reports on the rapidly growing number of people applying for Social Security retirement benefits and federal disability insurance because of the poor economy and job market.
States address various public policy issues including switching health insurance in Wisconsin and Medicaid changes in Florida.
In light of the "first-ever summit of Mekong nations," where participating countries hailed "China's move to share data on reservoir levels," Bloomberg/BusinessWeek examines the "severe drought" affecting more than 60 million people in countries along Asia's Mekong river.
Under rules that changed in the 1990s, doctors are starting to take exams to be recertified. Meanwhile, a doctor at a prominent Los Angeles medical center says the hospital did not provide equipment needed for patient safety.
Senator Chuck Grassley wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week saying federal officials have failed to stop the growing trend of "phantom pharmacies" that bill millions to Medicare in prescription drug costs then disappear, ABC News reports.
"The Obama administration is delaying release of the annual report on the financial health of Social Security and Medicare so that the new report can reflect the impact of the recently passed health care overhaul," The Associated Press reports.
Massachusetts insurers are suing the state government after regulators rejected proposed double-digit premium rate increases that would have gone into effect April 1.
New leadership at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may bring innovation, improve quality, according to news outlets.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a report about a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts insurers who are seeking to reverse the state insurance commissioner's decision regarding rate hikes.
"With all the increased attention on drug costs, there's one area health policy experts and law enforcement officials say is being overlooked: the trafficking of prescription drugs," the San Diego Business Journal reports.
At this summer's G8 meeting, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will move forward with his "'signature initiative' on maternal and children's health, despite disagreements with the United States and Britain over funding for abortion in the developing world, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says," the Globe and Mail reports (McCarthy, 4/4).
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