Indian rights activist blast ritual where babies are dropped from roof and caught in sheetsNEW DELHI — Rights activists lashed out at local officials who allowed hundreds of infants to be dropped from the roof of a mosque in western India in the belief that the fall — which ends when the babies are caught in a bedsheet — would ensure good health and prosperity for their families. Study: UN program designed to save children in Bangladesh didn’t workLONDON — The U.N. unveiled a multimillion dollar strategy a dozen years ago to save children worldwide, but a new study has found the program had surprisingly little effect in Bangladesh, one of the world’s poorest countries. Pregnant women may be among first to get swine flu shots; they account for 6 pct of deathsATLANTA — Swine flu has been hitting pregnant women unusually hard, so they are likely to be among the first group advised to get a new swine flu shot this fall. Deal to close Calif. deficit shapes up as a temporary fix, unlikely to solve fiscal crisisSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s deal to close its $26 billion budget gap may end up doing what Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had hoped to avoid: kicking the state’s problems down the road. Obama dismisses ‘politics of the moment’ on health care, calls for overhaul this yearWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pushed back hard against Republican critics of his health care overhaul plan Monday, dismissing the “politics of the moment” marked by GOP comparisons of his efforts to socialism. California lawmakers say budget deal is close, ‘huge progress’ made in solving $26B deficitSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A deal to solve California’s $26.3 billion budget deficit could come as early as this weekend after legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made “huge progress” during hours of closed-door negotiations, state lawmakers said. Calif. lawmakers optimistic they are close to solving the state’s $26B budget shortfallSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are close to striking a deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to solve the state’s $26.3 billion budget deficit, leading Democrats said Friday after emerging from three hours of closed-door negotiations. Efforts to close Calif. budget deficit resume amid differences over education fundingSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Negotiations over closing California’s $26.3 billion budget deficit resumed Friday, as government offices closed for the second time this month and a health program for low-income children stopped accepting new applicants. Calif budget talks at standstill as state offices close and health program halts enrollmentSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Negotiations over closing California’s $26.3 billion budget deficit appeared stuck Friday, as government offices closed for the second time this month and a health program for low-income children stopped accepting new applicants. Citibank extends deadline to accept Calif IOUs to July 24, furlough Friday resumesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Citibank says it will continue accepting California IOUs for another week. UK health booklet says educators should tell teens about sexual pleasure _ parents not happyLONDON — Britain’s National Health Service has a message for teens: Sex can be fun. The number of military children seeking mental health services doubles from war’s 2003 startWASHINGTON — After nearly eight years of war, soldiers are not the only ones experiencing mental anguish. Their children are, too. Military sees big increases in troops’ children seeking mental health careWASHINGTON — Children of U.S. military troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year, double the number at the start of the Iraq war, and there was also an alarming spike in the number of military kids actually hospitalized for mental health reasons. APNewsBreak: Military sees spike in children of service members receiving mental health careWASHINGTON — Children with parents in the military sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year, double the number at the start of the Iraq war. Pentagon documents obtained by The Associated Press also show an alarming spike in the number of military children hospitalized for mental health reasons. HEALTHBEAT: Paperless hospital points the way but digital health records by 2014 will be hardPITTSBURGH — Baby Riley Matthews wheezed noisily on the exam table. “He’s belly-breathing,” the emergency-room doctor said worriedly — Riley’s little abdomen was markedly rising and falling with each breath, a sign of respiratory distress. A free lunch: Other cities look to replicate Philly’s no-strings-attached school meal programPHILADELPHIA — For students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, there IS such a thing as a free lunch — and a free breakfast, too. With no strings attached. Obesity rates still rising in 23 states, and Medicare should brace for influx of fat boomersWASHINGTON — Mississippi’s still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. WHO says study finds standard TB vaccine could kill babies with HIVGENEVA — The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine. As fiscal year ends, lawmakers in Calif. and other states race to keep governments runningSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Legislators in more than a half-dozen states, their revenues evaporating in the recession, frantically worked to stave off government shutdowns and devastating service cuts. California failed to meet a midnight deadline and now may need to issue IOUs instead of paying bills. Teen with cancer who fled Minn. says he’s angry judge ordered him to continue chemotherapySLEEPY EYE, Minn. — A 13-year-old boy with cancer who fled Minnesota to avoid chemotherapy said Tuesday he is angry a judge has ordered him to continue the treatment because doctors say it has significantly shrunk the size of his tumor. Judge: Teen with cancer who fled Minn. must continue chemotherapy, treatment appears workingNEW ULM, Minn. — A 13-year-old boy with cancer who fled Minnesota last month to avoid chemotherapy must continue getting the treatment because it appears to be working, a judge ruled Tuesday. WHO chief: Flu pandemic will demonstrate tragic consequences of public health neglectUNITED NATIONS — The swine flu pandemic will demonstrate “in extremely tragic ways” the consequences of the failure to promote public health and ensure basic care during pregnancy and childbirth in developing countries, the head of the World Health Organization warned. FDA tells parents to keep children on ADHD drugs, despite new evidence of sudden death risksWASHINGTON — Federal health regulators are urging parents to keep their children on attention deficit drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, despite new evidence from a government-backed study that the stimulants can increase the risk of sudden death. No smoking, kids: Big anti-tobacco bill heads for Obama signature, aiming to cut teen smokingWASHINGTON — No more “light” cigarettes or candy-flavored smokes. Bigger, scarier warning labels. Fewer ads featuring sexy young smokers. |
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