Health Coverage For Volunteers Often Limited
An increasing number of young adults are choosing to volunteer. Most organizations provide health insurance to the volunteers, who effectively live at the poverty level, but the benefits are not usually as complete as employer-provided insurance.

Can the Internet drive a health care consensus?
The Internet, specifically a Web site called change.gov, is the tool with which the Obama Administration hopes to drive the health care debate, from the bottom up. by Dana Blankenhorn

On Health Care, Obama Policymakers Tap Campaign's Network of Supporters
Barack Obama's incoming administration has begun to draw on the high-tech organizational tools that helped get him elected to lay the groundwork for an attempt to restructure the U.S. health-care system.

Study: Long-Term Health Risks for Brain-Injured Soldiers
Many of the thousands of troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk of long-term health problems including depression and Alzheimer's-like symptoms, researchers say.

First test arrives of Obama promise to transform health IT
Between them the military and veterans control one of the biggest pieces of IT infrastructure in the nation. Their choice could easily define the direction of health IT for everyone else. by Dana Blankenhorn

Insurers like Obama health plan, with reservations
WASHINGTON -- The insurance industry embraced many of President-elect Barack Obama's ideas for better health care coverage Wednesday, though it opposes a key piece of his plan to require employers to help pay for that coverage.

Finding Health Insurance Can Be Tricky For Grads
Many young adults transition out of college into jobs that have limited benefits. Negotiating how to find health insurance that will meet their needs can be difficult.

Zimbabwe declares health emergency
Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over its cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health system due to the country's economic crisis.

Women's Health Pure Play
Hologic spans the spectrum of women's health. Once it digests a big acquisition from last year, the stock will soar.

Zimbabwe declares health emergency
HARARE, Zimbabwe---- Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health care system, and is seeking more help to pay for food and drugs, the state-run newspaper said Thursday.

Health law services 'must change'
The way contracts for legal services are awarded in the health service must improve, a committee is to hear.

Fruit and veg may boost bone health: study
"When it comes to dietary concerns regarding bone health, calcium and vitamin D have received the most attention, but there is increasing evidence that the acid/base balance of the diet is also important," said lead author Bess Dawson-Hughes from Tufts University in Boston.

National Health Emergency Declared In Zimbabwe Over Cholera Outbreak
(RTTNews) - The government of Zimbabwe has declared a national health emergency in the country after a cholera outbreak there killed more than 560 people, reported the state-run newspaper on Thursday.

UK official backs Reproductive Health Bill
Because the global financial crisis is making it hard for governments to improve standards of living, the importance of the Reproductive Health bill that is pending before the Philippine Congress should not be ignored, a United Kingdom official said on Thursday.

Zimbabwe declares national health emergency
Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and health care system collapse, and is seeking more international help to pay for food, drugs and hospital equipment, the state-run newspaper said Thursday.

Mayors look at merging public health
Five area communities are exploring whether they could deliver public health services more efficiently by offering them jointly.

Health Department to offer clinic for flu, rabies shots
NORTH TONAWANDA -- The Niagara County Health Department will offer a free immunization clinic for people and pets from 2 to 4 p. m. Saturday in the city public works garage, 758 Erie Ave.

Empire State is stuck in the middle on health
A NEW SURVEY of health in the nation's 50 states has New York squarely in the middle, held back by high smoking, obesity and infectious disease rates.

Health inquiry sparks complaints
MORE than 200 complaints against hospitals and doctors will be investigated in the wake of the Garling inquiry into NSW's ailing health system.

Health insurance lobby urges public-private reform panel
The nation's largest health insurance lobbying group is urging Congress to create a public-private advisory board to develop a plan to cut growth in national health care spending by almost one-third - savings that could be used to help pay for universal medical coverage for all Americans.