Throughout December, skin and haircare specialist Kiehl’s is selling its ‘Ultimate Strength Hand Salve’ in aid of Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). Launching on World AIDS Day, December 1, 100% of net profits will be donated to the charity.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on legislation that would permanently reform the broken Medicare physician payment system. The Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, which passed by a vote of 243 to 183, repeals a 21 percent fee reduction scheduled for January 2010, and replaces the physician payment formula with a more stable [...]

I am deeply saddened by the murderous assault on humanitarian staff in Kabul and the lives that have been lost today following the brutal bomb blast in Peshawar.
Our thoughts are with the families of those killed and injured in the attacks, as well [...]

Older people with the ‘highest needs’ will be offered free personal home care, Gordon Brown announced.
In a speech at the Labour party conference, Mr Brown said that to provide security for pensioners ‘for generations to come’, health and social care services would be brought together under a new National Care Service in England.

Age Concern and Help the Aged has welcomed the long-awaited publication of the Government’s Green Paper on reform of the care and support system.
While agreeing that a public debate is needed, the charity called on politicians from all the political parties to set out definitive proposals for reform and a clear timetable for action as [...]