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Free Clinics Affected By Primary Care Physician Shortage
In the face of growing numbers of uninsured and low-income patients due to the economy, some free clinics are having difficulty meeting the increased demand.
Former Senate Majority Leaders Outline Health Care Compromise
Three former Senate majority leaders unveiled their try at a health care reform fix Wednesday that would tax health benefits with value over what members of Congress are given and would mandate that both employers and individuals carry insurance, Kaiser Health News reports.
Bingaman, Wyden Among Key Health Reform Lawmakers In The News
Newspapers highlight a few of the key congressional players in the health care debate.
A Selection Of Thursday’s Editorials And Opinions
Kaiser Health News examines Thursday’s editorials and opinions.
Spend More, Get Less? The Health Care ‘Conundrum’
On NPR’s Fresh Air, New Yorker staff writer Atul Gawande spoke about his article on the high cost of health care in McAllen, Texas.
EPA Declares First-Ever Public Health Emergency In Montana
The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday declared its first-ever “public health emergency” for asbestos contamination near the mining towns of Libby and Troy in northwest Montana.
Prosposed Budget Cuts Worry Hospitals
The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswire reports on reaction to the Obama administration’s proposed cuts that may acutely affect hospitals.
Doctors Cautiously Signal They’ll Work With Obama
The American Medical Association voted yesterday to support “health reform alternatives that are consistent with AMA principals,” although the group fell short of specifically supporting a public plan, the AP reports.
A Selection Of Recent Studies And Surveys
Details of research from Mathematica, the Pew Internet/California HealthCare Foundation, and the Urban Institute.
House GOP Leadership Outlines Bill, Responds to Senate Dems Struggle to Keep Costs Down
The House Republican leadership unveiled a broad outline for their own health reform plan, which they presented as an alternative with a lighter touch than the proposal Senate Democrats began marking up this morning.
Finance Committee ‘Slows Down’ It’s Health Legislation Schedule
The Senate Finance Committee decided to “slow down a bit” today, in the words of member John Kyl, R-Ariz.
A Rocky Start For Senate Panel’s Health Reform Debate
The Wall Street Journal reports that “the first meeting of a Senate panel to formally consider health-care legislation got off to a rocky start Wednesday as Republicans launched an attack on the bill’s hefty costs and lack of detail on contentious provisions.”
Columnist Examines Group’s Effort To Urge CVS To Keep All Condoms Unlocked In Stores
Tennessean columnist Getahn Ward examined the “Cure CVS: Unlock the Condoms Initiative,” led by the group Change to Win, which claims that the pharmacy chain’s practice of locking up some condoms in certain neighborhoods may decrease access for young adults and minorities, potentially increasing their risk of HIV and unintended pregnancy.
Baylor Health Care System Receives $8M From French Government To Develop HIV Treatment
The French government has awarded Baylor Health Care System with an $8 million grant to develop a therapeutic method of controlling HIV without medication.
A group of people living with HIV/AIDS in Madison, Wis., demonstrated in front of the state Department of Health Services to protest what they claim to be inadequate services provided by the AIDS Network and lack of oversight from the state.
Los Angeles County Health Officials Retract Report About HIV Cases In Adult Film Industry
Los Angeles County public health officials on Tuesday said that they cannot confirm that the 16 cases of HIV they reported last week were in fact active adult film industry workers at the time of their diagnoses.
Opinion: World Must Work Together To Stop Human Trafficking
“To some, human trafficking may seem like a problem limited to other parts of the world,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton writes in a Washington Post opinion piece, but “it occurs in every country, including the U.S., and we have a responsibility to fight it just as others do.”
Globe And Mail Examines RTS,S Malaria Vaccine Trials In Kenyan Town
The Globe and Mail examines GlaxoSmithKline’s RTS,S malaria vaccine trials in Kilifi, Kenya
Africa Marks Day Of The African Child
In Africa, “[t]housands” of children participated in activities in observance of the Day of the African Child, IRIN reports.
