Archives: Morning Breakouts

The American Society of News Editors on Tuesday joined C-SPAN in calling for "more openness and transparency" on health care reform, The Washington Times reports.

Nearly half of Americans consider the current health reform legislation a step backward while 38 percent approve of the way President Barack Obama has handled the issue, a newly released NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds.

Health shares rise as traders bet that Republican's election could put health care overhaul in jeopardy.

Leading GOP lawmakers took Republican Scott Brown's victory in Tuesday's special election for a long-blue Massachusetts Senate seat as a sign that Democrats health reform proposal should be "scrapped."

The administrators for many insurers' prescription drug programs, known as pharmacy benefit management companies, see business expanding with aging population and possibility of health overhaul.

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the impact on health reform of yesterday's Senate election in Massachusetts.

Congressional Democrats and the White House are now scrambling to develop a new strategy to move the health reform bill forward.

Investors are keeping close tabs on the Massachusetts' Senate election outcome.

The House Majority Leader offered his views on the importance of passing a health bill now and on possible paths to follow if the GOP candidate wins today's Senate election in Massachusetts.

Scientists have identified a group of proteins they say could form the basis of a malaria vaccine, Australia's ABC News reports. "However, they say more laboratory work and clinical trials need to be done, with a vaccine at least 10 years away," the news service reports (Macey, 1/19).

Though H1N1 (swine flu) activity worldwide has slowed, the potential of a new wave of infections in the northern hemisphere in late winter or early spring remains viable, Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's top flu expert, said Monday at the start of the WHO's weeklong Executive Board meeting, Reuters reports. The H1N1 pandemic "initially sparked widespread concern about antiviral and vaccine supplies, especially in developing countries, but many nations have cut back their vaccine orders recently because the pandemic has not turned out as deadly as originally feared," the news service writes (Nebehay, 1/18).

A report released Monday finds $260 billion

Rescue efforts continue in Haiti after a major earthquake hit the country last week, CNN reports (1/18). While teams still search for survivors under the rubble, the priority is shifting to relief for those who survived the quake, Nicholas Reader, spokesperson for the U.N.Offices for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, TIME reports (Newton-Small,1/18).

Roll Call finds that Republicans efforts to get Democrats in the House to abandon health overhaul have not made much progress and some targeted Democrats say they haven't been approached by GOP.

Democrats are considering several courses of action to pass a health care reform bill if Massachusetts Senate hopeful Democrat Martha Coakley loses to Republican Scott Brown in a special election Tuesday.