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On Cancer Screening, Politics, and Communication

There's no way this complex issue can be covered in one post, but thankfully there have been some really thoughtful pieces written by others that we can pull from. For example, my own comments led to this headline on the AtlanticWire: Politics Beats ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: MSNBC,  Barack Obama,  World Health Organization,  U.S. Republican Party

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up

I'm not a huge fan of the House measure, but I was glad to see it straggle across the finish line, if only to keep the process going. And, by the end of the long debate, I was cheering for it even more because of the appalling amount of misinformation ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Federal Reserve,  Morgan Stanley,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  Ayn Rand

H1N1: More Illness, A Bit More Vaccine, Bruised Intentions

There are several really good flu pieces in the NY Times from the last few days. One set of stories is on the issue of vaccine distribution, including this one: Citigroup has received 1,200 doses, more than half of what it requested, health officials ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Citigroup,  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  Department of Health,  Goldman Sachs,  Susan Collins

H1N1: Status Report

Does the administration appear to have its act together on the flu? If not, how hazardous is it to Obama's political health? My answer, in full, can be found here after a longish summary, but the salient point is this: Everyone aware of the big picture, ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: World Health Organization,  Barack Obama,  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  National Institutes of Health

Health Care Tuesday

In fact, the new H1N1 virus is similar to seasonal flu in its severity. In the United States, influenza regularly ranks among the ten leading causes of death, infecting up to twenty per cent of the population. It kills roughly thirty-five thousand ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama

Health Care Friday

The long quest to reform the nation's health-care system entered uncharted legislative territory early Friday when a key Senate panel wrapped up work on its bill and House and Senate leaders prepared for historic floor debates. The regular season is ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  Consumer Reports

Glenn Beck And The Fringe View Of Pandemic Flu

McCullagh also correctly points out that this is traditionally an issue that the states and not the Federal government is involved with, despite Beck's innuendo. Pandemic flu in particular, and public health in general, is a subject I hate to see ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Glenn Beck,  Dick Armey,  Barack Obama,  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  Harvard University

Interview With Dr. Lori Heim, FAAFP, President Elect, American Academy of Family Physicians

Dr. Heim is a family physician who serves as a hospitalist at Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg, N.C., is president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians.  Heim was commissioned in the Air Force and earned her medical degree at the ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  16 Aug 2009

Interview With Thad Wilson, President, American College of Nurse Practitioners

I received several suggestions for nurse practitioner spokespeople, and one of them, Thad Wilson, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, kindly agreed to an interview today (we have more in the works, as well as something from the American Academy of Family Practice.) Dr. ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  2 Aug 2009

Weekly Tracking Poll: Stable Favorability For Dems, Continued Unfavorables For Republicans

Full crosstabs here. This poll is updated every Friday morning, and you can see trendline graphs here. Obama's favorability continues to be both regional and party dependent. Republicans do not like this guy, but D and I favorability (these charts are ...

From DEMFROMCT, Daily Kos,  31 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  John McCain

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