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| Every school needs a doctor, pediatricians say Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 11:06 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite no federal or uniform state requirements to do so, all school districts should have a doctor to oversee school health services, according to a policy statement from a group of American pediatricians. "Our hope is that a policy statement like this will start to get people talking," said Dr. Cynthia Devore, a co-author of the statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). "New York - and the northeast in general - tends to spell out in legislation that school districts shall hire a medical director to oversee health services," she told Reuters ... Full Story | Top |
| Hours from "fiscal cliff," Washington still awaits deal Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 10:01 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress comes back on Monday without a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" and only a few hours of actual legislative time scheduled in which to act if an agreement materializes. Negotiations involving Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to offer the last hope for avoiding the across-the-board tax increases and draconian cuts in the federal budget that will be triggered at the start of the New Year because of a deficit-reduction law enacted in August, 2011. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pediatricians say kids need recess during school Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 09:47 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A group of American pediatricians is telling school districts that children need recess and free time during the school day, and it should not even be taken away as punishment. "We consider it essentially the child's personal time and don't feel it should be taken away for academic or punitive reasons," said Dr. Robert Murray, who co-authored the new policy statement for the American Academy of Pediatrics. The statement, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, says recess is a "crucial and necessary component of a child's development. ... Full Story | Top |
| Secretary of State Clinton hospitalized with blood clot Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 08:04 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital on Sunday with a blood clot linked to a concussion she suffered earlier this month, the State Department said in an announcement that looked sure to fuel speculation over the health of one of America's best-known political figures. Clinton, 65, has been out of the public spotlight since mid-December, when officials said she suffered a concussion after fainting due to a stomach virus contracted during a trip to Europe. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chavez suffers new post-surgery complications Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 07:03 PM PST  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering more complications linked to a respiratory infection that hit him after his fourth cancer operation in Cuba, his vice president said in a somber broadcast on Sunday. Vice President Nicolas Maduro flew to Cuba to visit Chavez in the hospital as supporters' fears grew for the ailing 58-year-old socialist leader, who has not been seen in public nor heard from in three weeks. Chavez had already suffered unexpected bleeding caused by the six-hour operation on December 11 for an undisclosed form of cancer in his pelvic area. ... Full Story | Top |
| Senate adjourns as "fiscal cliff" talks continue Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 04:56 PM PST (Reuters) - The Senate adjourned for the day on Sunday as Republicans and Democrats remained at odds over a deal to prevent taxes for all Americans from rising on New Year's Day. Senator Richard Durbin said the Senate would reconvene at 1100 EST/1600 GMT on Monday. (Editing by Christopher Wilson) Full Story | Top |
| "Significant differences" stand in way of fiscal cliff deal: Reid Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 04:09 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Democrats and Republicans need to resolve significant differences to reach a deal to averting the "fiscal cliff" of looming tax hikes and spending cuts. "There are still significant differences between the two sides," Reid said on the Senate floor, adding that negotiations were continuing. "There is still time left to reach an agreement and we intend to continue negotiations," he added. (Reporting by David Lawder; editing by Christopher Wilson) Full Story | Top |
| Fiscal deal stalls as clock ticks to deadline Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 03:04 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Efforts to prevent the economy from tumbling over a "fiscal cliff" stalled on Sunday as Democrats and Republicans remained at loggerheads over a deal that would prevent taxes for all Americans from rising on New Year's Day. One hour before they had hoped to present a plan, Democratic and Republican Senate leaders said they were still unable to reach a compromise that would stop the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that could push the U.S. economy back into recession. ... Full Story | Top |
| Democrats, Republicans apart on key "fiscal cliff" issues: Reid Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 11:27 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday that Democrats and Republicans still had key differences in talks to avert a looming year-end "fiscal cliff," and he had not been able to make a counteroffer to the latest Republican proposal. "I've had a number of conversations with the president and at this stage we're not able to make a counteroffer," Reid said on the Senate floor. He said that as the day wears on, Democrats may be able to make such an offer. "I think that the Republican leader has shown absolutely good faith. ... Full Story | Top |
| Senate leaders still have no fiscal cliff deal, time running out: senior aide Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 10:29 AM PST (Reuters) - Senate leaders have not yet been able to reach a deal to a avert a "fiscal cliff," and with time running out, it is uncertain if they will get one, a senior Senate aide said on Sunday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have been aiming to reach an agreement by 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) so that they can present it to previously scheduled closed-door meetings of their respective Democratic and Republican colleagues in an attempt to beat a New Year's Day deadline. ... Full Story | Top |
| Italian Nobel scientist Montalcini dies at 103 Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 10:13 AM PST  ROME (Reuters) - Rita Levi Montalcini, joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and an Italian Senator for Life, died on Sunday at the age of 103, her family said. The first Nobel laureate to reach 100 years of age, she won the prize in 1986 with American Stanley Cohen for their discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF), a protein that makes developing cells grow by stimulating surrounding nerve tissue. Her research helped in the treatment of spinal cord injuries and has increased understanding of cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer's and conditions such as dementia and autism. ... Full Story | Top |
| Republican Senator says chances very good for limited "fiscal cliff" deal Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 08:49 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that chances for a limited "fiscal cliff" deal in the next 48 hours were "exceedingly good," as talks to avoid tax increases and spending cuts on New Year's Day went down to the wire. "I think people don't want to go over the cliff if we can avoid it," Graham, a leading conservative, said on Fox News Sunday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama says failure to reach fiscal deal would hurt markets Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 08:05 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Financial markets would be affected adversely if U.S. lawmakers fail to agree on a "fiscal cliff" deal before Tuesday, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Sunday, while urging Congress to act quickly to extend tax cuts for middle-class Americans. Lawmakers are seeking a last-minute deal that would set aside $600 billion in tax increases and across-the-board government spending cuts that are set to start within days. ... Full Story | Top |
| Body of India rape victim cremated in New Delhi Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 06:52 AM PST  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The body of a woman, whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India, arrived back in New Delhi on Sunday and was cremated at a private ceremony. Scuffles broke out in central Delhi between police and protesters who say the government is doing too little to protect women. But the 2,000-strong rally was confined to a single area, unlike last week when protests raged up throughout the capital. ... Full Story | Top |
| Michigan hospital blazes trail in fight against fungal meningitis Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 04:04 AM PST  CHICAGO (Reuters) - After his first day working at St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor hospital's newly created Fungal Outbreak Clinic, Dr David Vandenberg struggled to describe to his boss the enormity of what lay ahead. He settled on a line from the movie Jaws. "We're going to need a bigger boat," Vandenberg told Dr Lakshmi Halasyamani, chief medical officer of the Michigan hospital, echoing the film's local police chief after he first eyes a 25-foot (7.5-metre) killer shark. The St Joseph Mercy clinic has been at the front line of the fight against one of the biggest ever U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
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