Save the Children deployed its rapid response team to the worst-affected and hardest to reach communities in Pakistan's Swat Valley, where record-breaking monsoon rains have triggered deadly floods and mudslides. The team had to navigate the rushing waters using rafts linked to ropes and pulleys...
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) is one of only 21 organizations nationally to receive an Award of Excellence for its Task Force on Haiti Recovery work from the ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership as part of their Associations Advance America (AAA) program. The...
The University of Houston (UH) received a $2.4 million grant to fund the most promising young cancer researchers who are working at the cutting-edge of a new multidisciplinary approach to fighting cancer. The award is part of the latest round of grant disbursements from the Cancer Prevention and...
The Associated Press: "President Barack Obama said Tuesday a new strategy for combating HIV and AIDS fulfills America's obligation to stopping the spread of the virus and rooting out the inequities and attitudes on which it thrives. The strategy sets a goal of reducing new infections by 25...
Does population-based prostate cancer testing actually save lives and, if so, how many men need to be tested in order to save one life? These questions were addressed by top prostate cancer experts at the 105th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA)...
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As H1N1 began to emerge in April 2009, HealthMap - an automated online disease tracking and mapping tool created by researchers in the Informatics Program at Children's Hospital Boston - was already collecting information about the virus and plotting that information on a map of the globe...
Part of Canada's push to make maternal and child health a focal point of the upcoming G8 summit in June should include an emphasis on efforts to improve sanitation in the world's poorest countries, according to an author of a report (.pdf) released Wednesday, Canwest News Service/Vancouver Sun...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will award grants of up to $5 million to improve access to and increase participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - formerly the Food Stamp Program. "The health of our nation - of our economy, our national...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will award grants of up to $5 million to improve access to and increase participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - formerly the Food Stamp Program. "The health of our nation - of our economy, our national...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will award grants of up to $5 million to improve access to and increase participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - formerly the Food Stamp Program. "The health of our nation - of our economy, our national...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will award grants of up to $5 million to improve access to and increase participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - formerly the Food Stamp Program. "The health of our nation - of our economy, our national...
The Associated Press: "When Congress battles over thorny bills, parliamentarian Alan Frumin has been known to sleep in his office - on call 24/7 as the Senate's Solomon, divining the answers. Frumin's ability to review long-standing rules and centuries of precedent to resolve Senate questions...
The Wall Street Journal: "Errors made by doctors, nurses and other medical caregivers cause 44,000 to 98,000 deaths a year. Hospital infections, many considered preventable, take another 100,000 lives. ... Hospitals are taking what might seem like a surprising approach to confronting the...
The American Diabetes Association applauds today's introduction of Special Diabetes Program legislation in the U.S. Senate. The bill (S. 3058) would reauthorize the Special Diabetes Type 1 Program and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians for 5 years. Each program would receive $200 million...
In an opinion piece, Newsweek reporter Sarah Kliff examines abortion-rights supporters' efforts to lessen stigma surrounding the procedure by focusing on women's personal abortion stories. "In the nearly four decades since Roe v. Wade, in magazines and blogs, in tweets and T-shirts, thousands of...
The BBC examines the recent efforts by microfinance institutions (MFIs) to "provide a credit lifeline to millions of deprived people in some of the poorest countries of the world," especially women. The piece describes the work of the non-profit Women's World Banking (WWB), which, together with...
In Maine, insurance regulators say measures aimed at expanding health coverage to more people in that state should wait for final action in Congress, The Associated Press/WBZ reports. A Maine report "released last week, stems from a 2009 law that asks the superintendent to review ways to improve...
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) released a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding the potentially harmful recommendations of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS) in its Report on Gene Patents and Licensing...
The chances for President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress to enact health reform is being weighed by a number of analysts, who are handicapping the outcome based on past and present experiences. The Washington Post columnist Abigail Trafford writes that Obama's struggles mirror that of...