Archives: Morning Breakouts

U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Abdoulie Janneh said the global economic downturn will keep Africa from meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving poverty by 2015, Reuters reports. According to the news service, "Africa was thought to be largely insulated against the worst effects of the global economic crisis but saw healthy growth projections slashed due to the crisis."

"As states struggle with budget shortfalls, many are looking to trim costs by chopping health spending. And funding for HIV/AIDS programs has been a prime target," NPR reports.

The Food and Drug Administration may tighten restrictions on tanning beds "amid evidence they raise the risk of skin cancer beyond exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun," The Wall Street Journal reports.

IRIN examines a new global food security strategy based on a report to be presented on March 28 at the first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) in France. The article includes details about food insecurity around the world, which has given rise to the need for new methods of providing more food.

President Barack Obama told Republicans to "go for it" on a health reform repeal try Thursday as Republicans prepared to continue their assault on the legislation through the November elections and beyond.

Hospitals in New York and Boston are coping with losses in their own ways.

Former President Bill Clinton asked aid groups working in Haiti on Thursday to focus on making the nation more self-sufficient, the Associated Press reports. Clinton, the U.N. special envoy to Haiti, spoke ahead of a U.N. donor conference on rebuilding Haiti next week.

News outlets report on the role of Obama administration officials and the health overhaul.

Republicans reacted strongly to the flurry of threats and vandalism over the passage of health care overhaul, saying Democrats are trying to exploit the incidents.

In the final act of the historic health reform of 2010, the House of Representatives tonight gave final approval to the compromise bill passed earlier in the day by the Senate.

By a vote of 56-43, the Senate passed the health reform reconciliation bill and sent the measure back to the House where members are expected to vote on it later today.