- How Mexico got so fat—"A UN report says Mexicans are the heaviest of the world's larger nations, even as they battle hunger and malnutrition. How did it come to this?"
- The obesity era—"As the American people got fatter, so did marmosets, vervet monkeys and mice. The problem may be bigger than any of us."
- Obamacare requires most insurers to tackle obesity
- How Junk Food Can End Obesity
- "Full Figured" Woman Kicked Out of Missouri Swimming Pool For Wearing Bikini
- Three arrested after Shetland pony abuse video goes viral—"In the video, the overweight woman can be seen sitting on the pony wearing a lace top and carrying a whip. At one point, when it buckles under her weight, she continues to sit on it, smoking a cigarette."
- Dead obese woman's fat sets crematorium building on fire
- Meat groups sue USDA over meat labeling rule—"Requiring meat labels to have more details about a product's origins is too costly and serves no public health or safety benefit, industry groups said Tuesday in announcing a lawsuit against U.S. Department of Agriculture over new labeling rules."
- Hey Mom and Dad, what is in that burger?
- That's not natural or organic: How Big Food misleads Salon
- 22 Children Die After Eating School Lunch In India
- WHO had asked India to ban toxin that killed kids
- Why India's school meal deaths are a terrible tragedy
- Officers hunt down headmistress after Indian school poisoning
- In related news: Man attempts to kill 50 students mixing poison in their meal in MP
- Police raids uncover packs of chicken feet from 1967
- Fearing contamination, Chinese pay more for imported infant goods
- Blast from the Past: Bad Eggs: Another Fake-Food Scandal Rocks China—"In the latest food scandal to emerge in China, customers are being duped by fake eggs made out of resin, starch and pigments."
- Nestle and Danone to lower baby milk prices in China—"The move comes a day after China launched a probe into alleged price fixing by foreign infant milk makers."
- Hershey pays $4 mn fine for chocolate price-fixing
- Lebanon: Ministry seeks to thwart Ramadan price fixing
- Why Is the United States So Sick?—"The director of a massive new study says: ' It's almost everything.'"
- Surgery required: Health care in America is ludicrously expensive
- American way of birth costliest in the world NYT
- Amid cuts, Maine hospitals still paying million dollar salaries—"Critics say medical facilities plead poverty and lay off workers but continue to compensate executives and surgeons with substantial payouts."
- Podiatrist John Lanham claims firm legal footing for bills—He is accused of deceiving patients on his status as a healthcare-certified provider.
- A hospital in Zimbabwe charged women $5 for each scream during childbirth
- Obama Administration, Congress Intensify Opposition To Global Generic Drug Industry—"India's generic industry has... cut into profits for Pfizer and other U.S. and European drug companies." Doing Big Pharma's bidding.
- NHS hit for millions by overcharging 'scam'—"Drug companies exploit loophole in the law to hike prices by as much as 2,000 per cent."
- Chinese police say employees of drug maker GlaxoSmithKline bribed doctors, hospitals—Maybe just the tip of the iceberg (NYT).
- Doctors Without Borders: Global vaccines community must bring price of new vaccines down
- Supreme Court Rules Drug Companies Exempt from Lawsuits
- Krugman: Obamacare Is the Right's Worst Nightmare NYT
- Rollins: The GOP Is Terrified Obamacare Could Be a Success
- USA TODAY on GOP: Don't poison a law, then claim it's sick
- Are college students being overcharged on loans to pay for 'Obamacare'?
- Senate GOP's eleventh-hour turnabouts on Pa. budget—"In a dramatic twist in the battle over whether to extend coverage to about 600,000 lower-income Pennsylvanians, senators sent Gov. Corbett a bill stripped of language they had inserted five days earlier to expand Medicaid."
- On Obamacare, Republicans test the definition of insanity
- Proof Of Politics: Indiana Fudges Truth On Health Exchange Rates To Make Obamacare Look Bad
- After Losing Big on Senate Strategy, Ted Cruz Pledges to Shut Down the Government Unless Obamacare Is Defunded
- Appeals court tosses Liberty University challenge to Obamacare
- New Yorkers to see 50% drop in health insurance costs in Obamacare exchange
- While dubious mortality rates grab headlines, NHS privatisation gallops on—"The ferocity of the battle over 'dangerous' hospitals was not synthetic. The future of the NHS itself is under attack."
- David Cameron stepped up plans to sell off NHS after hiring aide with links to healthcare firms
- Mitt Romney's Old Firm Bain Capital Buys NHS Blood Service PRUK In £230m Deal
- Man dies from new coronavirus in UK
- Book raises alarms about alternative medicine
- Australian chief scientist: act now, or expect deadly 'post-antibiotics era'
- Swansea measles epidemic: Worries over MMR uptake after outbreak—"Some parents are still ignoring the message to immunise their children against measles, an inquiry into the Swansea outbreak has heard."
- Brooklyn Measles Outbreak Shows How Dangerous Anti-Vaxxers Can Be
- Dear ABC: Putting Jenny McCarthy on "The View" will kill children—"Anti-vaccine conspiracist and 'View' co-host Jenny McCarthy isn't just quirky -- she spreads lies that hurt people." Salon
