AP – Using better-than-expected jobs numbers to press his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama is arguing that overhauling the health care system is essential to the country’s economic well-being.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Babies poised to enter the
world feet first can pose serious complications for themselves and their
moms.
HealthDay – SATURDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) — To ease the anxiety of a
child undergoing surgery, it helps if parents and children are
well-prepared, advises the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
AP – The nation’s drugmakers stand ready to spend $150 million to help President Barack Obama overhaul health care this fall, according to numerous officials, a staggering sum that could dwarf attempts to derail his chief domestic priority.
Reuters – South America’s 12 nations on Saturday pledged to respect regional vaccine price ceilings to prevent businesses from exploiting fear of the H1N1 flu pandemic, Ecuador’s Health Minister Caroline Chang said.
AP – There aren’t just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too. U.S. births fell in 2008, the first full year of the recession, marking the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade and ending an American baby boomlet.