The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a swine flu, or H1N1, pandemic on June 11 because of how widely the diseases has spread. WHO and other agencies are also trying to calm fears by pointing out that, so far, the virus does not seem to be turning more virulent. In response to WHO’s declaration, U.S. [...]
Senator Kennedy’s draft health plan has been released and it is much as expected: Individual’s would be required to buy health insurance, insurers would be required to cover everyone (even those with pre-existing conditions), people who are even nominally poor would get subsidies to help them pay their policies. It sounds like heaven until you [...]
Should the U.S. government create a new public health plan that competes with independent insurance companies? That’s probably the most hotly debated issue in the current health care reform negotiations on Capital Hill, and last week both President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said “yes.” According to a Wall Street Journal [...]
MediClim sends patients with certain chronic diseases alerts about impending weather that may worsen their ills.
