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$30 for a flu shot: An outrage or a bargain?

The Los Angeles Times looks at the economics of producing a successful flu vaccine each year. And Reuters explores what may be on the horizon to improve those immunizations.

23 Jan 2013

SOPHIE project to evaluate social and economic policies’ impact on health inequalities

Europe will assess the impact of social and economic policies on health inequalities through the SOPHIE project. Health inequalities are avoidable and unfair differences determined by the circumstances in which people of different social groups are born, live, work and age.

23 Jan 2013

Obama's vision includes safety net programs

Drawing on language from his re-election campaign, President Barack Obama used his inaugural address to set out a promise to preserve programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

23 Jan 2013

Amgen drug gets boost in fiscal cliff legislation

Just two weeks after pleading guilty in a major federal fraud case, Amgen, the world's largest biotechnology firm, scored a largely unnoticed coup on Capitol Hill: Lawmakers inserted a paragraph into the "fiscal cliff" bill that did not mention the company by name but strongly favored one of its drugs.

23 Jan 2013

Do not 'give up' on successful anti-hunger initiatives

"As an anti-hunger advocate, ... I am hopeful about the global change that President Obama could make in his second term, especially when it comes to reducing poverty, but I worry Congress might toss the hungry off the fiscal cliff," Katie Campbell, senior policy analyst with ActionAid U.S., writes in The Hill's "Congress Blog."

23 Jan 2013

Administration unveils new set of medical privacy rules

The Obama administration released a new set of rules and protections designed to govern patient privacy under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

23 Jan 2013

Viewpoints: Looking back at landmark Roe V. Wade decision

Opinion writers reflect on the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision regarding abortion.

23 Jan 2013

UNAIDS presents online discussion on post-2015 AIDS agenda

The World We Want 2015 webpage is hosting an online discussion (eDiscussion), presented by UNAIDS as part of the Post-2015 Health Thematic Consultation and running from January 21 through February 3, according to the webpage.

23 Jan 2013

AANS, CNS join other medical societies in endorsing Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) joined 24 other medical societies in endorsing the "Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act." Sponsored by Reps. Phil Roe, MD (R-TN) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), this bipartisan legislation would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), thereby protecting seniors from Medicare cuts that could threaten their access to care.

23 Jan 2013

On Roe anniversary, poll finds wide support for abortion access

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds that 70 percent of Americans think the landmark Supreme Court case should stand. But those against abortion continue their battle to overturn the decision with a new generation of leaders and state-by-state strategies to restrict the procedure.

23 Jan 2013

Latin American nations taking steps to improve access to abortion

Noting this month marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court's landmark case on the issue of abortion, writer and advocate Mandy Van Deven writes in a GlobalPost commentary that the decision "provided a framework for sexual and reproductive rights used by advocates from San Francisco to Santiago, and the past year yielded significant progress on abortion rights in Latin America."

23 Jan 2013

Examining role of public-private partnerships in health, development

Leslie Mancuso, president and CEO of Jhpeigo, discusses public-private partnerships in the InterAction blog. "The Obama administration has recognized the importance of these relationships in the past, and we applaud any effort by the president to incentivize programming that brings together the best of the public and private sectors and the NGO community," she writes.

23 Jan 2013

BRICS countries sign agreement to collaborate on research, public health efforts

"Health ministers of the group of developing countries known as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have signed an agreement to work together on research projects and to reduce the burden of disease," BMJ reports.

23 Jan 2013

International community must harness funds needed to control infectious diseases

"I think the most special thing about our current time is the incredible opportunity that scientific advances have provided in the field of global health, giving us the ability to completely control highly dangerous infectious diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria," Mark Dybul, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, writes in an opinion piece in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog.

23 Jan 2013

HBR Lab offers free treatment for individuals with both weight and chronic pain

To combat ever-increasing rates of obesity in the U.S. and to reduce suffering from the pain that can occur with increased weight, the Health Behavior Research Lab (HBR) at University of the Sciences is offering free treatment for individuals struggling with both weight and chronic pain.

23 Jan 2013

Obama: 'Medicare and Medicaid ... strengthen us' (video)

This Kaiser Health News video clip features excepts from President Barack Obama's second inaugural adress in which he discussed the need to reduce health costs, but also defended the importance of Medicare and Medicaid.

23 Jan 2013

Viewpoints: 'A president set to fight' and a speech that argues for 'a collective turn'

On Monday, there was a clear sense that a pent-up Obama agenda had begun to tumble out - along with a clear willingness to engage in more and new partisan battles with Republicans in pursuit of it.

23 Jan 2013

Health law's new spending offers tempting target for lawmakers in search of savings

The overhaul includes $1.7 trillion in new spending over the next decade -- which is being eyed by members of Congress for various reasons. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times reports on a mental health coverage gap in the health law's effort to expand access to health care, and The Washington Post reports on how employer challenges to the law are taking shape.

23 Jan 2013

African health officials, child health experts gather for child survival summit in Ethiopia

"Representatives from African health ministries, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and child health experts gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 16-18 to share strategies to increase child survival rates," IIP Digital reports.

23 Jan 2013

Commentaries examine aid community's expectations as President Obama begins second term

Noting "Barack Obama's second term as president of the United States officially began on Sunday," Devex's "Pennsylvania Ave." blog highlights "a series of guest commentary by non-profit leaders" that examine what the aid community expects from Obama in the next four years.

23 Jan 2013

Healthcare News

$30 for a flu shot: An outrage or a bargain?

SOPHIE project to evaluate social and economic policies’ impact on health inequalities

Obama's vision includes safety net programs

Amgen drug gets boost in fiscal cliff legislation

Do not 'give up' on successful anti-hunger initiatives

Administration unveils new set of medical privacy rules

Viewpoints: Looking back at landmark Roe V. Wade decision

UNAIDS presents online discussion on post-2015 AIDS agenda

AANS, CNS join other medical societies in endorsing Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act

On Roe anniversary, poll finds wide support for abortion access

Latin American nations taking steps to improve access to abortion

Examining role of public-private partnerships in health, development

BRICS countries sign agreement to collaborate on research, public health efforts

International community must harness funds needed to control infectious diseases

HBR Lab offers free treatment for individuals with both weight and chronic pain

Obama: 'Medicare and Medicaid ... strengthen us' (video)

Viewpoints: 'A president set to fight' and a speech that argues for 'a collective turn'

Health law's new spending offers tempting target for lawmakers in search of savings

African health officials, child health experts gather for child survival summit in Ethiopia

Commentaries examine aid community's expectations as President Obama begins second term

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