Health Insurance Mashables: Righting the SCHIP Hillary Care All Over Again? Presidential Veto Threatened
With nearly half of America either uninsured or underinsured, with healthcare costs annually escalating at three times the rate of inflation, with millions of America's children with no healthcare at all, bitterly fought partisan politics continue to dominate the healthcare agenda in Washington.
Under the threat of Presidential veto, Congress' monthlong summer recess was preceded by passage of legistlation in both houses to reconstruct SCHIP funding that would deliver health insurance coverage to 3-6 million additional children currently deprived and potentially empower states with the latitude to provide relief to lower income families in need of funding assistance.
McDonald's “Shrek the Third” Launch Has Legs: Goes Global Integrates "Go for Green" Healthier Food for Kids Message DreamWorks Animation SKG™ Creates Original Animation for McDonald's New Global TV Spot
’Shrek The Third’ is the first global promotion resulting from McDonald's partnership with DreamWorks Animation SKG™. The studio created original animation for McDonald's new global TV spot that is being aired in McDonald's markets in more than 100 countries around the world.
The Shrek promotion integrates McDonald's "Go for Green" message which targets healthier eating for kids, the company's single biggest promotion of fruit, vegetables and milk. The campaign showcases a variety of food choices including Premium Salads, Premium Chicken Sandwiches, fun desserts and a Happy Meal featuring Chicken McNuggets® Made with White Meat, Apple Dippers (fresh, peeled apple slices with optional low-fat caramel dipping sauce), and low-fat white or chocolate Milk Jugs served in child-friendly containers with Shrek packaging to encourage consumption.
McDonald's Online Kids' Platform
The Shrek cast are the first characters to star in McDonald's new online kids program dedicated to kids well-being. The site, which launched with “Shrek's Treketh to Adventure,” is designed to stimulate imagination and activity through online games and energetic, offline activities and challenges. As kids complete each activity, they earn points redeemable for digital downloads such as sound mixers, screensavers and IM buddy icons.
Video Content: Saving Kids from Overheating Coalition: Safe Kids Worldwide and General Motors Featuring NASCAR Nextel Cup Driver Jeff Burton
In the past nine years, an estimated 320 children have died due to heatstroke after being trapped or intentionally left inside a vehicle. While the temperature outside may not be unbearably hot, the temperature inside a sealed car can reach levels between 45 to 50 degrees higher.
For the past 7 years, Safe Kids Worldwide and General Motors have been working together to study and promote awareness to this issue. Test results from GM and Safe Kids Worldwide indicate that the temperatures inside a car with the windows rolled up can increase by 19 to 20 degrees in just 10 minutes.
These quickly rising temperatures in tandem with study results revealing that a child’s core body temperature increases at rates three to five times faster than adults provide a deadly combination. This is why, leaving a child inside a car, even for a short period of time, may prove fatal.
More from General Motors Improving Child Safety In Cars Safe Kids Offers Parents Child Safety Seat Clinics
Installing a child safety seat in your car can be deceptively difficult. According to the Safe Kids organization, only 20% of child safety seats are installed correctly.
ABC News Video: Rocket Fuel Chemical Found in Food, Water Supply GMA Health Alert: Tainted Food Supply? Studies Being Done to Determine Long-Term Effects of Small Amounts of Perchlorate on Human Health
Perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel, is turning up in the nation's food -- in vegetables like lettuce and spinach -- and water supply.
You've never heard of it? Most Americans haven't, but millions have been exposed to it. This week Congress held hearings to determine just how dangerous it is to humans' health.
"A study from the Centers for Disease Control last year tested almost 3,000 people who are representative of the U.S. population. They found perchlorate in every single person," said Dr. Anila Jacob of the Environmental Working Group.
So how did something used to launch inter-continental missiles and the space shuttle find its way into our homes?
At a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce this week, a government report was made public for the first time revealing that at sites in more than 25 states, perchlorate had leaked into the drinking water and soil. About 65 percent of that contamination was attributed to the Department of Defense and to NASA.
The Pentagon said it has invested "over $114 million in research related to perchlorate toxicity," and that they are "developing substitute chemicals."
Doctors agree that large amounts of the chemical can lead to....More
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ABC Health-Care News Video Series: Prescription for Change ABC News Video: Why American Health Care is Broken Medical Editor Tim Johnson on why U.S. must revamp its health-care system.
ABC News Video on Demand - ABC Medical Editor Tim Johnson discusses why U.S. must revamp its health-care system.
According to federal government statistics, the increased cost of health-care in the U.S. has declined over the previous three year period. Yet, the annual cost of health-care per person ($6700) in America still hovers at almost three times more than the rest of those among other developed nations.
Many health-care experts and policy makers estimate, of nearly $2 trillion in 2005 spent on health-care in America, over 30% never came close to its target objective due to waste, mismanagement and administrative boondoggling.
This ABC News Video goes on to dissect some the issues.
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ABC News Video: GMA On Call Too Sick for School? Dr. Tim has advice on deciding when to keep your kids home from school.
ABC News Video on Demand - Good Morning America "On Call" with Dr. Tim concerning parental guidlines for sending and returning children to school when symptoms of sickness occur.
The good doctor offers plenty of sound advice and, perhaps, the most relevant is the strong encouragement for parents to trust their "gut" instincts concerning their chidren's wellbeing.
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(Katie Couric: Eye to Eye) Couric speaks with Michelle Obama about how her two young daughters are coping with their father's surge in popularity as his presidential campaign gains momentum. (CBS News On Demand)
The Silent Congo War: With over 1,000 people continuing to die each day from conflict-related causes, five million have perished in seven years, more than any other conflict since WWII. Perhaps the most unimaginable aspect of all is the widespread use of genocidal rape as an instrument of war by both sides of the conflict.
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