Health (The Advertiser-Tribune)
The Seneca County General Health District is sponsoring a Senior Health Check 1-3 p.m. July 9, at Helburn Meadows Center for anyone age 60 or over. For more information, call (419) 447-3691.
Illegal immigrants and health care (The Post and Courier)
Q: Do illegal immigrants burden public health insurance? A: Medicaid is a national health insurance program for low-income adults and children and disabled citizens. Illegal immigrants are not eligible, except for emergency services, including childbirth. From November 2006 to Novemb…
New health law leader will encourage more active roles (The Florida Times-Union)
Jacksonville attorney Jeanne Helton took over the lead position in the Florida Bar Association’s Health Law Section on June 19.
Chief of 9/11 Health Programs Gains Support (New York Times)
Dr. John Howard has coordinated the federal government?s health programs for ground zero workers since 2006, and many fear that those programs will become endangered when he leaves his job.
Paving the road to shared health data (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health s vision of One Singaporean, One Electronic Medical Record may have just begun its road to realisation, but there are problems to overcome in sharing healthcare data across institutions.
Health officials question whether tomatoes behind outbreak (CNN.com)
Federal health officials are checking into the possibility that an outbreak of salmonella-caused illness originally linked to tomatoes may instead be linked to something else, they said Friday.
U.N. health agency to open Baghdad headquarters (CNN.com)
The World Health Organization, one of United Nations’ most important agencies, is opening a permanent office in Baghdad, a move that underscores recent security improvements in Iraq’s capital.
Counties hope to recoup inmates’ health costs (Chicago Tribune)
Cook, Will press U.S to shoulder the expense Chicago-area county leaders are hoping to funnel millions of tax dollars into local projects by recouping money they now spend on health care for inmates in county jails.
Update: N.C. alters health-care document (Winston-Salem Journal)
In our last column, we discussed a living will, an important estate-planning document. In this column, we will discuss another important document, a health-care power of attorney, which works in conjunction with a living will.