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New EPI Healthcare Study By June O'Neill Shows Uninsured 'Crisis' Wildly Overestimated
The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new study which shows that the widely employed estimate of 47 million uninsured Americans is a misleading representation of the problem. The study, authored by Drs. June and David O"Neill of Baruch College and City University of New York, shows that more than 43 percent, or 18 million, of uninsured Americans ages 18-64 could likely afford health coverage and are actually "voluntarily uninsured." June O"Neill served as Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from 1995-1999.
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Which Country Ranks Highest In Biotech Innovation
In a first of its kind study, Scientific American cut through the marketing messages to take a hard look at what countries across the globe are doing to bolster biotech programs within their borders. Many rankings compare Europe, Asia, and the US -- the Scientific American Worldview: A Global Biotechnology Perspective digs deeper, examining all the elements that impact overall biotech innovation. You might be surprised by some of the results.
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Announcement On Asylum And NHS Positive, But Not Far-reaching Enough, Says British Medical Association
A UK-wide government review has concluded that some asylum seekers whose claims have been refused but who cannot return home should not be denied free NHS treatment. Commenting on the announcement, Dr Vivienne Nathanson, Head of Science and Ethics at the BMA, said:
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Three Organizations Form Alliance To Address Global Malnutrition

"Three internationally known organizations based in St. Louis - the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children"s Hospital" - have entered into a partnership, known as the Global Harvest Alliance (GHA), which aims to "create inexpensive, nutritionally complete food to help the world"s hungry and undernourished," the AP/Google.com reports. Alliance researchers will focus on several of the most successful approaches used to combat malnutrition and attempt to further enrich foods already used to fight it. "In addition, the alliance aims to help testing and distribution of crops genetically modified to boost nutritional content. They hope to provide the crops cheaply to farmers to produce more nutritious foods," writes the AP/Google.com (Taylor, 7/29). Mark Manary, a professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine and a member of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, will lead GHA, according to a Washington University in St. Louis release. Manary"s "peanut butter-based ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition has consistently resulted in 90 percent recovery rates in research and operational projects," according to the release (7/27). According to KWMU, "Manary said malnutrition causes about half of all child deaths" (Wolf, 7/28) AP/Google.com reports that apart from addressing malnutrition, GHA will try to identify more sustainable solutions. "Prevention is always better than a cure," Manary said. Roger Beachy, president of Danforth, said, "This is not a magic bullet. It"s a part of the puzzle to helping people be healthier and have a better life." According to Larry Beach, a biotech scientist with USAID not directly involved with GHA, says there is some suspicion of biotechnology and "skepticism about providing more nutrition through food because that"s not the way it"s been done in the past." According to Beach, "[o]ne of the big problems in helping to make improvements in nutrition is the integration of what needs to be done," he said (7/29). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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