Noticias de Hoy

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government reacted with fury on Friday to U. S. President Barack Obama’s criticism of ailing Hugo Chavez’s "authoritarian" government at a time of national anxiety over his battle to recover from cancer surgery. In an interview with U. S. network Univision, Obama declined to speculate on the 58-year-old socialist president’s health in Cuba, where he is in a delicate state after his fourth operation since mid-2011 for cancer in the pelvic region. But he did say U. S. policy was aimed at ensuring "freedom" in Venezuela. . . .

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The National Cancer Institute confirmed Friday that federal officials are taking a closer look at a troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas that is under a criminal investigation over a lucrative taxpayer-funded grant awarded by the state agency.

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Nineteen states have turned down the Obama administration’s invitation to run the new health insurance markets that will begin serving millions of uninsured Americans less than a year from now. That puts a huge task on the feds, a defining challenge for President Barack Obama’s second term.

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After health care reform is complete, states that have the most illegal immigrants could be left with a disproportionate number of uninsured people ? and a financial burden.

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California public health officials warned on Thursday of a sharp rise in tobacco smoking from hookahs, and a proliferation of cafes and lounges offering the Middle Eastern-style water pipes, which experts say can be at least as harmful as cigarettes. Hookah smoking among Californians jumped more than 40 percent between 2005 and 2008, said Dr. Ron Chapman, the state director of public health, citing a 2011 state tobacco survey published in the American Journal of Public Health. . . .

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ALBANY, New York (Reuters) – New York state’s top court has cleared the way for two New York City police officers who were diagnosed with cancer after working at Ground Zero following the September 11 attacks to collect disability benefits. The Court of Appeals found that the officers were entitled to benefits under a 2005 law known as the “World Trade Center presumption,” even though the New York Police Department pension fund argued that the illnesses were caused by pre-existing conditions. . . .

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Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, according to the most expansive global look so far at life expectancy and the biggest health threats.

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Dennis O’Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, exhaustion and trouble with his speech and attention.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After a year of knocking on doors and working the phones to get President Barack Obama re-elected, Meechie Biggers had gotten over her fear of talking politics with strangers. So when she came to Washington last week, the small-town real estate agent and a few like-minded Tennesseeans paid a visit to one of their Republican senators, Bob Corker, to try to persuade him to back Obama’s proposal to raise tax rates for the wealthy. Biggers didn’t think she had much of a chance of changing his mind, and perhaps she didn’t. . . .

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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in stable condition after his cancer operation in Cuba, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said on Wednesday. Government officials had said the 58-year-old socialist leader was in a delicate condition after Tuesday’s operation, his fourth cancer surgery since mid-2011. (Reporting by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Stacey Joyce)

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