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By 2015, mother-to-child HIV transmission will be virtually eliminated and deaths from malaria and tuberculosis will continue to decline if health investments for the diseases are maintained or scaled up, according to an annual report published Monday by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Agence France-Presse/Africasia.com reports (3/8).
President Obama is travelling to boost support for health reform, as Democratic and Republican lawmakers spar over the bills.
Democrat's health overhaul may depend on President Obama's ability to win Democrats' hearts, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ability to win their votes.
Meanwhile, a study in Massachusetts examines the use of antipsychotic drugs in the state's nursing homes.
A bill in the Virginia state legislature could upend a critical provision of the Democrats' health overhaul and open the door for a fresh battle over the federal government's power over states.
A sampling of opinions and editorials from around the country.
Many states are having to make budgetary decisions about their public health care systems even as federal legislation and funding continues to be tied up in Congress.
The White House points to recent hikes in health insurance costs as a prime reason for health care overhaul.
CNN's Political Ticker blog fact checks a statement made by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.
A split among Democrats on abortion is threatening to derail efforts to reform the nation's health care system as Democrats pressure fellow lawmakers to support larger reform despite misgivings on the topic.
Seniors worry about rising Medicare Advantage costs, caps on physical therapy and other outpatient services and low reimbursment rates in Maine.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest on how President Obama will take his health overhaul plan on the road this week in an effort to build public support.
The president's appearance in Pennsylvania was part of his effort to take his health reform proposal on the road to build public suppot.
On the Sunday talk shows and in newspapers, Democrats and Republicans are invoking a recent insurance analysis to bolster arguments that they have the right approach on health reform.
A Gallup poll released today asked Americans whom they trusted to reform the nation's health care system. While the president out-polled Democratic and Republican congressional leaders, physicians ranked highest.
Republicans warn House Democrats that if they pass the Senate bill there is no guarantee that a separate reconciliation bill with the fixes the House wants will also pass, Politico reports.
Global health organizations will launch a $30 million polio vaccination campaign on Saturday in West and Central Africa aimed at immunizing 85 million children under age 5, the Joint Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the International Federation of the Red Cross said on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reports (3/4).
During a sanitation conference being held in Kampala, Uganda, this week, "experts have urged regional countries to prioritize programs aimed at increasing access to safe water and sanitation" to move them closer to reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target in 2015, New Times/allAfrica.com reports. "According to Water Aid, an international NGO, one billion people still lack access to safe drinking water while 2.4 billion lack adequate sanitation," the news service writes.
President Obama's intensifying push for health care reform took to lobbying individual Democratic lawmakers Thursday as he looks for votes to pass an overhaul.
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