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Washington Post Column Examines Issues Surrounding Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
"When a Supreme Court nominee such as Judge Sonia Sotomayor comes before the Senate for confirmation, she is promised a full, fair hearing," yet "every nominee"s path is booby-trapped by the history of previous confirmation battles," Washington Post columnist David Broder writes. Broder examines prior confirmation hearings, noting that the "[o]ne thing that may make it harder to forget the partisan and ideological battles of the past is that President Obama found reasons to oppose" Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito while he was in the Senate.During Roberts" confirmation hearing, Obama said that although he was "sorely tempted to vote for Judge Roberts," he had issues with Roberts in cases where "precedent and rules of construction" are insufficient and where justice "can only be determined on the basis of one"s deepest values." Obama added that the rights of women and minorities are dependent on cases in which "the critical ingredient is supplied by what is in the judge"s heart." Obama said Roberts" record on women"s rights and other issues was not strong enough to quell doubts about Roberts" "deepest values."Broder continues, "Based on the Obama precedent, the White House can hardly complain if Republicans push beyond the question of Sotomayor"s qualifications and examine her values -- and her biases." He concludes, "Someday, the Senate may again be satisfied to examine only professional credentials, recognizing the uncertain dynamics of a nine-person bench," but while past precedents survive, "that is not likely" (Broder, Washington Post, 6/4).
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Celebs Turnout For Child Stroke Survivor
A seven year old stroke survivor will be honoured for the courage he has shown in his recovery at a star-studded Life After Stroke Awards in Central London on Tuesday June 23, 2009.
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Latin America Accounts For Two-Thirds Of All Confirmed H1N1 Deaths

Health officials are growing increasingly concerned over the impact the H1N1 (swine) flu is having on populations living in Latin America, a region "which accounts for around two-thirds of the 816 confirmed deaths so far from the disease," the AFP/channelnewsasia.com reports. "The outlook is especially unsettling for the estimated 380 million people grappling with winter in South America, where the A(H1N1) virus is speedily propagating," the news service writes. The article examines the number of H1N1 cases and deaths across countries and how government officials are working to prevent the spread of the virus (7/29). CDC Warns Pregnant Women At High-Risk For H1N1, Vaccine Advisory Committee To Meet Pregnant women with the H1N1 flu are at a higher risk of severe illness and death, according to a Lancet study by CDC researchers, Reuters/Yahoo!News writes. "While pregnant woman have always had a higher risk of severe disease from influenza in general, the new H1N1 virus is taking an exceptionally heavy toll," leading to higher hospitalization rates and death compared to the general population (Steenhuysen, 7/29). The study led the CDC on Wednesday to recommend that doctors treat pregnant women experiencing flu symptoms immediately with antivirals, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Some clinicians hesitate treating pregnant women with antiviral medications because of concerns for the developing fetus, but this is the wrong approach," Denise Jamieson, lead author of the study, said (Dorren, 7/29). "Public health officials may put pregnant women at the front of the line" for vaccination, 11Alive.com reports. However, doctors have experienced challenges in the past vaccinating pregnant women, with "[o]nly about 14 percent of them get[ting] the seasonal flu vaccine every year" (Pickard, 7/28). On Wednesday, the CDC"s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to discuss which groups should be vaccinated first, if the government chooses to move forward with an H1N1 influenza vaccination campaign, Reuters reports. Another topic of discussion will be ways to manage an H1N1 vaccine alongside the seasonal flu vaccine (Fox, 7/28). Somali Health Minister Appeals For Support To Prepare For H1N1 Somali Health Minister Qamar Aden Ali on Wednesday appealed to the WHO and international community for support to help the nation prepare for the possible arrival of H1N1, Xinhua reports. Though there have been no confirmed cases of H1N1 in Somalia, neighboring Kenya confirmed cases last month. "We lack the technical capability to diagnose the disease and the necessary drugs to treat it. So we call upon the international community particularly the WHO to give us the necessary drugs and technical advice and training for our health staff," the minister said (7/29). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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