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Viewpoints: Romney's views on health care still mysterious; Treating the dying patient

Mitt Romney may know more about healthcare than any other presidential nominee in memory. As governor of Massachusetts, he dove deeply into the subject while creating the most far-reaching state health plan in the country.

9 Oct 2012

How the health law could play into consumers' decisions during open enrollment season

While health care is still a hot issue in the election, in the coming months consumers will be facing a health insurance decision of their own: open enrollment.

9 Oct 2012

Financial Times examines use of financial transaction taxes to raise development funds

The Financial Times examines the creation of UNITAID, an innovative financing mechanism and international drug purchasing facility, and how Philippe Douste-Blazy, chair of the UNITAID Executive Board and France's former foreign minister who helped create the organization, is looking to move beyond drug financing to raise money through "microdonations" for development programs.

9 Oct 2012

Researchers examine relationships between HIV and poverty, food security in separate studies

Foreign Policy reports on "a recent study by Ashley Fox of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine [that] compares rates of HIV infection across 170 regions in 16 sub-Saharan African countries."

9 Oct 2012

MedPAC staffers recommend allowing geographically based Medicare physician payments to proceed

These pay reductions have long been frozen, but that freeze is set to expire on Dec. 31. MedPAC has yet to vote on the issue. Meanwhile, a pair of KHN stories examine separate Medicare issues, including the difficult decisions in play as a family member enrolls in the program, as well as the details of a study about seniors' ER visits.

9 Oct 2012

Polio vaccination campaign in Darfur shows immunizations possible in 'emergency and conflict settings'

In an Inter Press Service opinion piece, Siddharth Chatterjee, chief diplomat and head of strategic partnerships at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and Sam Agbo, an independent public health adviser in the U.K., write about the unstable situation in Darfur, Sudan, in 2004, and how "UNICEF and WHO in Sudan along with important NGO partners started planning with local authorities on how best to immunize all children in Darfur."

9 Oct 2012

Medicaid news: Florida program caught between feds and state efforts; Ark. begins new payment plans for doctors

The Department of Health and Human Services and Florida officials negotiate changes to the state's Medicaid plan. In the meantime, Arkansas doctors offer a cautious endorsement as the state tries "episodic" payments for some common conditions.

9 Oct 2012

Global Network for NTDs working on policy engagement in Europe

A post on the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases' (NTDs) "End the Neglect" blog describes how representatives of the Global Network recently "traveled through Europe to raise the profile for NTDs and encourage support from European bilateral aid agencies, policymakers and other key stakeholders in France, Germany, Denmark, and Norway."

8 Oct 2012

Female health care volunteers in Nepal helping to improve maternal, neonatal survival rates

"Women working as female health care volunteers [FHCVs] often provide a vital service for the poorest in mountainous Nepal, and have contributed to a steady improvement in maternal and neonatal survival rates," IRIN reports.

8 Oct 2012

Harvard announces ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence

The Harvard School of Public Health announced on Thursday that Regina Rabinovich, former director of infectious diseases at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been chosen to be the ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence, "where she will focus on innovative strategies to combat malaria," according to a Harvard press release.

8 Oct 2012

Presidential candidates focus message on Medicare, health law

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney campaigned in Florida and blasted the health law as a threat to seniors while President Barack Obama attempted to highlight Romney's changes in position.

8 Oct 2012

FDA task force to examine solutions to improve, speed antibiotic research

"One of the most urgent global public health problems is the increasing capability of bacteria to resist antibiotic drugs," a Washington Post editorial states.

8 Oct 2012

High levels of chronic and acute illnesses in Palestinian refugees

New research draws attention to the continuing and urgent health emergency facing Palestinians living under occupation, especially the health and wellbeing issues surrounding refugees from the occupied Palestinian territories. Abstracts of the research, which were presented at the fourth meeting of The Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance in March 2012, are published online in The Lancet.

8 Oct 2012

CSIS report examines current, planned interventions aimed at improving maternal health

The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) on Friday released a report (.pdf) titled "Improving Maternal Mortality and Other Aspects of Women's Health," the center reports on its webpage.

8 Oct 2012

Southern African leaders sign declaration on TB in mining sector

"In an attempt to tackle tuberculosis [TB] among current and former miners, their families, and affected communities, 15 southern African leaders signed a Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector, a legal instrument, at the recent summit meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government in Maputo, Mozambique," the Lancet reports.

8 Oct 2012

Loose oversight may be to blame in meningitis outbreak

The rising toll - 7 dead, 57 ill and thousands potentially exposed - has cast a harsh light on the loose regulations that legal experts say allowed a company to sell 17,676 vials of an unsafe drug to pain clinics in 23 states.

8 Oct 2012

More toilets would help save lives in India

The controversy in India over "a self-evident statement by the rural development minister that India needs toilets more than it does temples ... is a perfect example of the stupidity that too often dominates Indian politics," GlobalPost senior correspondent Jason Overdorf writes in his blog "On India."

8 Oct 2012

UnitedHealth to buy Brazilian health insurer

UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurance company, agreed to pay about $4.9 billion to buy 90 percent of Amil Participacoes SA (AMIL3), a Brazil-based insurer and hospitals operator that gives the American company a stake in the world's second-biggest emerging economy.

8 Oct 2012

New legislation proposed to improve seniors' care coordination

The bill backed by Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., would promote better coordination between medical and social services for elderly people by building on the Older Americans Act.

8 Oct 2012

Hygieia granted CE mark for d-Nav Diabetes Insulin Guidance System

Hygieia, Inc. today announced that the company's d-Nav Diabetes Insulin Guidance System (DIGS) has been granted a CE mark.

8 Oct 2012

Health Care News and Research

Viewpoints: Romney's views on health care still mysterious; Treating the dying patient

How the health law could play into consumers' decisions during open enrollment season

Financial Times examines use of financial transaction taxes to raise development funds

Researchers examine relationships between HIV and poverty, food security in separate studies

MedPAC staffers recommend allowing geographically based Medicare physician payments to proceed

Polio vaccination campaign in Darfur shows immunizations possible in 'emergency and conflict settings'

Medicaid news: Florida program caught between feds and state efforts; Ark. begins new payment plans for doctors

Global Network for NTDs working on policy engagement in Europe

Female health care volunteers in Nepal helping to improve maternal, neonatal survival rates

Harvard announces ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence

Presidential candidates focus message on Medicare, health law

FDA task force to examine solutions to improve, speed antibiotic research

High levels of chronic and acute illnesses in Palestinian refugees

CSIS report examines current, planned interventions aimed at improving maternal health

Southern African leaders sign declaration on TB in mining sector

Loose oversight may be to blame in meningitis outbreak

More toilets would help save lives in India

UnitedHealth to buy Brazilian health insurer

New legislation proposed to improve seniors' care coordination

Hygieia granted CE mark for d-Nav Diabetes Insulin Guidance System

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