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For Republicans, undoing the health law could be complicated

GOP leaders face various challenges in their strategy to repeal the health law.

4 Jul 2012

New exhibit highlights global health work of Seattle-area institutions

An exhibit highlighting the global health work of Seattle-area institutions is opening Tuesday in the Next 50 Plaza at Seattle Center, the Seattle Times reports.

4 Jul 2012

Working to increase access to reproductive health services in Ghana

In the second post in a series titled "Imagine a World...," posted on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Faustina Fynn-Nyame, director of Marie Stopes International in Ghana, discusses reproductive health in Ghana, writing, "For some women here, choices about reproductive health are something they take for granted," but "other women in Ghana -- indeed most -- are not able to do this."

4 Jul 2012

Amid conflicting claims, Romney camp agrees with Obama on tax issue

One of the Republican candidate's top advisers says Romney doesn't think the mandate penalty in the health care law is a tax.

4 Jul 2012

State roundup: Mass. health law success; Penn. Medicaid cut reversed

Massachusetts has the nation's highest rate of residents with health insurance. Visits to emergency rooms are beginning to ease. More residents are getting cancer screenings and more women are making prenatal doctors' visits. Still, one of the biggest challenges for the state lies ahead: reining in spiraling costs.

4 Jul 2012

Long-term, hospice care questions for baby boomers bubble under surface

Care for baby boomers looms large as news outlets consider what long-term and hospice care for them could look like and how it could affect their prospects for quality care.

4 Jul 2012

Antidepressant use among seniors: Falling through Medicare's doughnut hole?

A new study links the gap in Medicare Part D coverage and cutbacks by seniors in using this and other medications.

4 Jul 2012

Johnson & Johnson seeking U.S. approval for first new TB drug in more than 4 decades

"Johnson & Johnson [J&J] said Monday that it is seeking U.S. approval for the first new type of medicine to fight deadly tuberculosis [TB] in more than four decades," the Associated Press reports, adding, "The experimental drug, called bedaquiline, also would be the first medicine specifically for treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis."

4 Jul 2012

Indonesia must work to empower women in order to improve maternal health standards

Though Indonesia is "widely seen as a development success story -- indeed, it is sometimes referred to as one of Asia's 'rising powers' ... in the area of maternal health, the successes have been modest and much remains to be done," Andrew Rosser, associate director of the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre at the University of Adelaide, writes in an Inside Indonesia opinion piece.

4 Jul 2012

Study finds decline in rates of community-onset MRSA infections

In analysis that included more than 9 million Department of Defense nonactive and active duty personnel, the rates of both community-onset and hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia decreased from 2005 to 2010, while the proportion of community-onset skin and soft tissue infections due to MRSA has more recently declined, according to a study in the July 4 issue of JAMA.

4 Jul 2012

Viewpoints: Coherent GOP plan for health care; Dems need better 'sales pitch' for health law

Hostility toward the Supreme Court has risen sharply since Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. upheld the Obama health care law. People are apparently angry that the court didn't rid them of a law they detest. But that's silly. If Americans want to replace this thing, they should do it themselves. ... Moreover, there are alternatives. Despite what you've read, there is a coherent Republican plan.

4 Jul 2012

Raising vitamin D concentrations reduces risk of HAIs among hospital patients

A paper recently published in Dermato-Endocrinology indicates that raising vitamin D concentrations among hospital patients has the potential to greatly reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections.

4 Jul 2012

Advocates leave Rio+20 'more determined than ever' to secure access to reproductive rights for all women

"There is a direct correlation between access to voluntary family planning, women's empowerment and environmental sustainability," author Diane MacEachern writes in the Huffington Post's "Global Motherhood" blog, adding, "And though the official delegates to last week's 'Earth Summit' tried to water it down, thousands of grassroots activists made it one of the biggest issues to rock Rio+20, as the event was also called."

4 Jul 2012

Former President Bush in Zambia, Botswana to promote Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon initiative to fight cervical cancer

Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush are traveling in Zambia and Botswana this week to promote "the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon initiative spearheaded by his foundation that seeks to expand cervical and breast cancer screening and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa," CNN reports.

4 Jul 2012

New World Bank president says institution open to assisting high-income countries but gives no indication of refocusing

On his first day on the job, the World Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim, said Monday "that the institution would be open to offering technical assistance to crisis-plagued high-income countries like Greece," the New York Times reports.

4 Jul 2012

Cuban company's sales of larvicides to fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa continue despite U.N. concern, Miami Herald reports

The Cuban state-owned company Labiofam "is increasing sales of its mosquito larvicides to fight malaria in Africa, despite cautions by U.N. experts that such products have limited use and are not the most cost-effective method of attacking the disease," the Miami Herald reports.

4 Jul 2012

Annual report on MDGs shows success in some areas, but continued lack of progress in other areas, including maternal health

"An annual report card on the ambitious U.N.-led initiative known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) says that in three areas -- poverty, slums and water -- the goals have been met ahead of the 2015 deadline, but persistent gaps remain, notably in the critical area of maternal health," Inter Press Service reports.

4 Jul 2012

Health Care News and Research

For Republicans, undoing the health law could be complicated

New exhibit highlights global health work of Seattle-area institutions

Working to increase access to reproductive health services in Ghana

Amid conflicting claims, Romney camp agrees with Obama on tax issue

State roundup: Mass. health law success; Penn. Medicaid cut reversed

Long-term, hospice care questions for baby boomers bubble under surface

Antidepressant use among seniors: Falling through Medicare's doughnut hole?

Johnson & Johnson seeking U.S. approval for first new TB drug in more than 4 decades

Indonesia must work to empower women in order to improve maternal health standards

Study finds decline in rates of community-onset MRSA infections

Viewpoints: Coherent GOP plan for health care; Dems need better 'sales pitch' for health law

Raising vitamin D concentrations reduces risk of HAIs among hospital patients

Advocates leave Rio+20 'more determined than ever' to secure access to reproductive rights for all women

Former President Bush in Zambia, Botswana to promote Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon initiative to fight cervical cancer

New World Bank president says institution open to assisting high-income countries but gives no indication of refocusing

Cuban company's sales of larvicides to fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa continue despite U.N. concern, Miami Herald reports

Annual report on MDGs shows success in some areas, but continued lack of progress in other areas, including maternal health

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WSU researcher looks for clues on link between H1N1 flu and obesity

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