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Global Fund Observer reports on new funding model progress

Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Tuesday published Issue 208 of its "Global Fund Observer." Among others, the issue contains two stories on the new funding model (NFM), which, according to the first article, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria expects to launch by the end of February.

31 Jan 2013

President Obama announces $155M in humanitarian aid to Syria

"President Barack Obama on Tuesday approved an additional $155 million of humanitarian aid and announced it himself in order to underscore to the Syrian people and the international community the U.S. commitment to assisting Syrians and other refugees in need of immediate, lifesaving assistance as a result of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's brutality," the State Department's "DipNote" blog reports.

31 Jan 2013

World Health Assembly's Executive Board concludes 132nd meeting

"The World Health Assembly's rotating Executive Board meets twice a year, and on 29 January concluded its 132nd meeting with what the WHO director general termed an 'unprecedented' amount of agenda items and documents," Intellectual Property Watch reports.

31 Jan 2013

GOP leaders increasingly signal that deep spending cuts are likely

The across-the-board spending reductions -- also known as sequestration -- scheduled for March 1 could play into the partisan politics of the broader budget debate that includes Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlement programs.

31 Jan 2013

House Republicans keep target on health law's insurance subsidies

Meanwhile, a new GOP lawmaker from Texas renews his pledge to undo "ObamaCare" while a senator focuses on workforce issues.

31 Jan 2013

Economist examines economic, social effects of China's 'one-child policy'

In the current print edition, the Economist includes two articles examining different aspects of China's so-called "one-child policy." The first article looks at the effects of the country's shrinking working-age population, which the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently announced "shrank last year by a total of 3.45 million," the magazine notes, adding, "The new statistics will amplify calls for reform of China's one-child policy."

31 Jan 2013

Government mistrust and conspiracy fears deter older adults from getting tested for HIV

One out of every four people living with HIV/AIDS is 50 or older, yet these older individuals are far more likely to be diagnosed when they are already in the later stages of infection. Such late diagnoses put their health, and the health of others, at greater risk than would have been the case with earlier detection.

31 Jan 2013

Nursing-home operators face credit crunch

The Wall Street Journal reports that instability in the health care environment is making banks hesitant to give mortgages to nursing homes.

From Elekta 31 Jan 2013

Gunmen in Pakistan kill police officer escorting polio vaccination workers

In the latest round of violence affecting health workers in Pakistan, "gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer protecting polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, the police said," the Associated Press reports.

31 Jan 2013

Texas Gov.'s speech disrupted by protesters demanding Medicaid expansion

Texas Gov. Rick Perry was interrupted during a budget speech Tuesday by protesters demanding he expand Medicaid.

31 Jan 2013

Tax forms to include health insurance cost info -- per health law requirement

Today's headlines also include coverage of other health law issues, such as student health plans and the health care workforce.

31 Jan 2013

States and the health law: Action on insurance exchanges, Medicaid expansion

The Associated Press and other news outlets report on state action on the health law's insurance exchanges as well as the Medicaid expansion.

31 Jan 2013

Study analyzes nursing unit layout for improved spatial flow

In hospitals, poor floor design, storage closet clutter and crowded corridors can contribute to nurse and medical staff fatigue. These distractions can hurt patient care quality and result in higher medical costs. Now, a new Cornell University study offers a spatial solution.

31 Jan 2013

Post-Newtown shooting, Conn. dives deep into examining mental health system

A legislative task force has been reviewing ways to prevent violence, improve school safety and study psychiatric commitment laws.

31 Jan 2013

STS presents Earl Bakken Scientific Achievement Award to Stanford University professor

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons presented the Earl Bakken Scientific Achievement Award to D. Craig Miller, MD on Tuesday morning during the General Session at the STS 49th Annual Meeting.

31 Jan 2013

Viewpoints: Baker and Dingell urge efforts to cut gun deaths; Doctors as union workers

Gun violence now rivals traffic accidents as the leading cause of death by injury in the United States. Quite simply, gun violence threatens to overwhelm us. Americans are grappling for strategies to make sure that the horror that occurred in Newtown isn't repeated.

31 Jan 2013

International community must continue to fund efforts to stop spread of infectious diseases

Writing in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog, Dirk Niebel, Germany's federal minister of economic cooperation and development, discusses "why Germany announced last week that it is committing one billion euros over five years to the Global Fund."

31 Jan 2013

USAID newsletter focuses on child survival

USAID provides a child survival update in this special issue of its newsletter, "Global Health News."

31 Jan 2013

Guidelines to help people with allergies during bad weather

As this winter continue to take many parts of the country on a temperature roller coaster ride—from seasonal bone-chilling cold to springlike warmth and then back again—many people find themselves reaching for pain relievers or other remedies to deal with runny noses and other symptoms associated with sinus and allergy problems.

31 Jan 2013

Retired Jackson Laboratory scientist wins two major international science awards

Douglas Coleman, Ph.D., a retired Jackson Laboratory scientist whose work established the first clues to a genetic component in obesity, has won two major international science awards: the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine from the BBVA Foundation, based in Bilbao, Spain, and the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine from the Saudi Arabian King Faisal Foundation.

31 Jan 2013