Healthcare Policy News

10:42 AM EST
2/10/2012 Bayelsa State to speed up aid for oil-spill victimsNigeria's Bayelsa State government said yesterday it would speed up the release of money over the next two weeks to help hundreds of thousands of villagers affected by a Chevron off-shore oil spill in January.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy, Disaster And Accident, Industrial Accident

8:33 AM EST
2/9/2012 Health On The Hill Transcript: Backlash Grows Over Contraception Rule In Health LawReligion, politics and health care. It’s a potent combination as the political fight between the White House and Capitol Hill shows: A fight triggered by the administration’s decision to require most religious-affiliated institutions—such as Catholic hospitals—to include free contraceptive care as part of their health insurance coverage beginning in 2013.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy, Religion And Belief, Belief (faith)

8:15 AM EST
2/9/2012 Breaking down legal barriers to HIV information accessWhile a number of Asian and Pacific countries are addressing legal barriers to accessing HIV information and treatment, there is still a gap between policy and implementation, say officials.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, AIDS, Healthcare Policy, Crime, Law And Justice, Laws

8:35 PM EST
2/7/2012 Minnesota Plans For Exchange, Even Without New LawThe state, which has a Democrat in the governor’s mansion and Republicans in control of both houses of the legislature, saw exchange legislation fail in the last session. And prospects for a law’s passage are not much better in the current session.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy, Politics, Government

11:18 AM EST
2/7/2012 Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterolLate last year an expert panel convened by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommended that all children be screened for high cholesterol, once between the ages of 9 and 11 and again between ages 17 and 21. Reaction to the guidelines, which were included as part of a larger NHLBI report on improving cardiovascular health in children and adolescents, has been mixed.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy, Medical Conditions

12:24 PM EST
2/6/2012 American CEOs get an Israeli medical educationA delegation of top North American hospital heads see Israel's state-of-the-art facilities, emergency drill.

Source:TML Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy, Social Issue, Health Insurance, Economy, Business And Finance

12:40 PM EST
2/3/2012 Malaria twice as deadly as thoughtMalaria may be killing twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be affecting older children and adults, long considered to be the least susceptible, according to a study published Friday in the journal Lancet.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Healthcare Policy

12:32 PM EST
2/3/2012 Malaria mortality 'underestimated'A new attempt to quantify malaria deaths over the past 30 years suggests the death toll, especially among adults, has been greatly underestimated. The figures also show the fragility of the gains made in fighting the disease.

Source:IRIN Topics:Social Issue, People, Children, Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Healthcare Policy

7:45 AM EST
2/2/2012 States under pressure as health law deadlines approachIt will be difficult for many states to meet fast-approaching deadlines of the new federal health law, and some may not make it, says Brett Graham, a managing director at Leavitt Partners, a consulting firm working with states on implementation of the law.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy

8:20 AM EST
2/1/2012 The National Alzheimer's Plan: An opportunity for actionAn examination of the strategies provided for each goal from the perspective of individuals at risk, people with memory changes who probably have pre-dementia stages of Alzheimer's, and patients and their families highlights some of the framework's current gaps and suggests modifications that could harmonize the plan's goals and achieve its aims.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy