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  • First Edition: May 3, 2012

    Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a report exploring how the Medicare payment system could suffer unintended consequences if the Supreme Court overturns the health law.

    By khnweb

  • Questions Raised Over U.K. DfID Funding And Sterilization In India

    A Wall Street Journal editorial addresses reports published on April 14 in the Guardian alleging that the U.K. Department for International Development (DfID) funded a program in India that "has 'forcibly sterilized Indian women and men' -- a practice India supposedly left behind in the 1970s," the editorial states. "DfID issued a statement objecting to the Guardian's report, saying that its funding was not meant to be going to 'sterilization' centers, only to helping 'women access a mix of reversible methods of family planning,' such as contraceptive pills, and to 'improve the quality of services,'" the editorial writes, adding, "DfID says it has also offered technical support to help Indian authorities crack down on forced sterilization." According to the Wall Street Journal, "A DfID official, who declined to be named, clarified to us that the national Indian program funded by British taxpayers does include voluntary sterilization, but that sterilization specifically is 'not part of what we fund,'" and "[h]e added that DfID will end its support for the national Indian program next year and will focus family-planning aid only on state governments in India's poorest regions" (5/1).

    By khnweb

  • Administration Gives Community Health Centers A $728M Boost

    The administration noted that patient rolls have swelled at the centers as more Americans lost their jobs and health insurance. The White House said 20 million Americans - up from 17 million four years ago - now receive care at the federally funded facilities.

    By khnweb

  • Global Fund Completes Reorganization Of Workforce, Tightens Focus To 20 ‘High-Impact Countries’

    The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria "is cutting its workforce and tightening its focus on 20 countries hardest hit by AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria," Reuters reports. Gabriel Jaramillo, who took over as general manager of the fund in February, "said in a statement that the fund had completed a reorganization that would rebalance its workforce with 39 percent more people managing grants and 38 percent fewer in support roles," the news service notes.

    By khnweb

  • Europe Becoming ‘Hotspot’ For Emerging Infections, Study Suggests

    "Europe is becoming a 'hotspot' for emerging infections as those typically confined to tropical climates are making their way north, according to research that links climate change to the global spread of disease," the Financial Times reports. "Changing environmental conditions have facilitated the spread of bacteria and other carriers across borders, reports a study" published in the journal Science last week, according to the news service. The study, which "cited outbreaks of West Nile fever in Greece and Romania and dengue fever in France and Croatia," found that, "[u]nder current weather conditions, seven climate-influenced diseases, including Rift Valley fever and encephalitis, could pose a threat to people in Europe," the news service writes.

    By khnweb

  • Hospitals Struggling To Meet Electronic Records Goals

    According to the American Hospital Association, more than 80 percent of hospitals have yet to achieve the first stage of electronic health record "meaningful use" and, therefore, can't qualify for federal incentive payments.

    By khnweb

  • Mass., Ariz. Senate Races Grab National Spotlight

    The hotly contested race between Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., and Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic challenger, continues to involve health policy issues. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports that Democrats are hoping that former Surgeon General Richard Carmona will turn Arizona "blue."

    By khnweb

  • Georgia Bans Most Late-Term Abortions

    Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill Tuesday banning most late-term abortions -- those after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The law was pushed after controversial research found a fetus can feel pain at that stage of the pregnancy.

    By khnweb

  • U.S. To Ask University Officials How Best To Implement New DURC Policy

    "The U.S. government will soon be asking university officials to comment on how best to implement recently released dual use research rules at the university level," according to Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), who spoke Monday at a workshop sponsored by the National Academies in Washington, ScienceInsider reports. "The reviews are designed to reduce the risks associated with dual use research of concern (DURC) that could be used for good or harm," the news service notes, adding, "The announcement marks the latest U.S. response to the controversy over a pair of studies that show how to make the H5N1 avian influenza virus transmissible in mammals."

    By khnweb