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EPA Declares First-Ever Public Health Emergency In Montana
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday declared its first-ever "public health emergency," asbestos contamination near Libby and Troy, Mont., northwestern mining towns, the Associated Press reports. "Asbestos contamination from a now-closed vermiculite mine has been cited in the deaths of more than 200 people and illnesses of thousands more. Before the vermiculite mine was closed in 1990, miners carried asbestos home on their clothes. Vermiculite once covered school running tracks in Libby and some residents used vermiculite as mulch in their home gardens."
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Juggling Cells Using High-Precision Laser Tweezers
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed a new method to study single cells while exposing them to controlled environmental changes. The unique method, where a set of laser tweezers move the cell around in a microscopic channel system, allows the researchers to study how single cells react to stress induced by a constantly changing environment.
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Senate Minority Leader McConnell Says He Will Oppose Sotomayor As Other Republicans Back Nominee
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday announced that he will oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, even as increased Republican support seemed to ensure that she would be confirmed, the New York Times reports. McConnell said that he would not support Sotomayor"s nomination because her "record of written statements suggests an alarming lack of respect for the notion of equal justice, and, therefore, in my view, an insufficient willingness to abide by the judicial oath." McConnell intends to deliver the remarks to the Senate on Monday. Meanwhile, Republican Sens. Richard Lugar (Ind.), Mel Martinez (Fla.) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) said that they would support Sotomayor. The Times reports that the senators" backing of Sotomayor -- combined with her "solid Democratic support" -- shows that she should receive "strong confirmation approval" (Hulse, New York Times, 7/18). Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) would not predict how many Republicans could vote for her confirmation. Sessions said that Republicans are seeking a committee vote on Sotomayor on July 28, one week later than the date sought by committee Democrats. During that week, Republicans hope to review her record, her answers from her confirmation hearings and other responses to questions (AP/Boston Globe, 7/20).
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Today's Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

HELP Is On The Way New York Times Last week the budget office scored the proposed legislation from the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). And the news was good. Yes, we can reform health care (Krugman, 7/6). The Painful Side Effects Of Obama"s Healthcare Reform Los Angeles Times There are warnings signs that the president and his allies are looking at government-run rationing of care for the oldest and sickest (Allen, 7/5). Healthy Intentions Cape Cod Times Without a doubt, it was heartening news when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently acknowledged the deplorable state of health care for many Indians in the U.S. and pledged to do more (7/5). Health Care And How To Pay For It Sacramento Bee As Congress begins to debate in earnest the details of health care reform, the members in Washington would do well to look toward California. The Golden State has the largest number of uninsured in the nation, and our taxpayers bear the burden of providing health care to the biggest population of people on Medicaid, known here as Medi-Cal. We"ve also been pioneers in developing new ways to manage health care and pay for it (7/6). Avoid Rush On Insurance Cures Detroit Free Press There"s much to do, and the Legislature needs to wrap up reforms by year"s end (7/6). Waiting To See The Doc: We Truly Do Apologize Philadelphia Inquirer We are forced to see more patients in less time. Patients expect, rightly so, the best care - but they also expect it to be on time. And that to me, more often than not, is an insurmountable challenge (Rachel K. Sobel, 7/6). Health Care Infectious Losses New York Times With a few small steps, we would no longer have the suffering and death associated with infections acquired in hospitals and we would save tens of billions of dollars every year (O"Neill, 7/6). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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