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Obama pitches new health care law in California

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday encouraged the uninsured or those paying high prices for health insurance to sign up for coverage under his health care law and urged opponents to stop wasting time continuing to fighting its implementation.

Obama used a trip to California to highlight how the state is implementing the Affordable Care Act and refute continuing criticism over his signature legislative achievement. He touted an effort in the state to recruit Hispanics in particular to the health care exchanges that are being created to help millions of now-uninsured consumers afford coverage.

"The main message I want for Californians and people all across the country, starting on October 1st, if you're in the individual market, you can get a better deal," Obama said. He said California's online marketplace will allow consumers to shop for private insurance "just like you were going online to compare cars or airline tickets."

California has the country's biggest insurance market and, with 6 million uninsured residents, it is a crucial part of Obama's effort to get consumers to sign up for coverage. Thirteen insurance companies will be offering multiple health plans that vary in coverage and price through California's exchange, even in some of the most rural regions of the state.

In many states, Republican governments are opposing the law's implementation and are leaving oversight of the exchanges to the federal government. Obama noted that the House has voted 37 times to repeal the health care law.

"My suggestion to them has been, let's stop re-fighting the old battles and start working with people like the leaders who are on stage here today to make this law work the way it's supposed to," he said.

"You can listen to a bunch of political talk out there, negative ads and fear-mongering geared toward the next election, or alternatively you can actually look at what's happening in states like California right now," Obama said.

The president said there would be "glitches" and "hiccups" in getting the system up and running. He said current premium increases Americans may experience are not a result of the law, but the result of employers shifting costs to workers or insurers "jacking up prices unnecessarily."

Getting young people to enroll through the exchanges also is critical; they cost insurers less money because they tend to have the best health and don't require a lot of costly medical care.

The Obama administration is looking for about 7 million people to enroll through the exchanges, and 2.6 million of them need to be younger in order to keep costs down for the overall pool of enrollees, White House officials said. Nearly one-third of these young people live in three states: California, Texas and Florida.

Among the private entities working with the state of California to promote enrollment are the Spanish-language TV networks Telemundo and Univision. The White House says the law will give more than 10 million uninsured Latinos across the country the opportunity to afford health insurance coverage.

Obama arrived in California on Thursday evening to attend fundraisers in Palo Alto and Portola Valley to help Senate Democratic candidates.

The fundraising was to continue Friday with Obama's attendance at two Democratic National Committee fundraisers at the Santa Monica home of Peter Chernin, a former News Corp. executive, officials said. The events include a lunch for about 100 people, followed by a smaller 35-person reception. Tickets for the events range from $10,000 to $32,400.

Then Obama planned to travel to Rancho Mirage to meet with China's president.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-pitches-health-care-law-175709520.html

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ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 6/6 ? Vietnam Dance

New faces of Vietnamese literature introduced worldwide

?New voices from Vietnam? a US-Vietnam translation project will introduce short fictions by 19 young Vietnamese authors to foreign readers.

The entries represent a culture and aesthetic that differs radically from previous generations of Vietnamese writers, reflecting stories from a vibrant culture racing through changes wrought by rapid modernisation and globalisation.

The project, carried out by Charles Waugh, an American PhD in fiction writing, is among 16 others funded by the US National Endowment for the Arts, which aim to bring literary works from 14 nations and in 12 languages to the US audience.

US jazz quintet tours Viet Nam

The all-female New York jazz group Five Play will start a concert tour in HCM City tomorrow night, June 7, at the Hoa Binh Theatre.

On Saturday night, the five will play for workers at the Suoi Dau industrial zone in Khanh Hoa coastal province before getting on the stage at the Nha Trang Sea Festival in Nha Trang on Sunday.

They will head north for performances in Ha Noi, Thanh Hoa and Vinh cities.

The free-of-charge performances form part of cultural activities organised by the Consulate General of the United States in HCM City.

French singer to perform at jazz concert

Singer, guitarist and harmonicist Charles Pasi from Paris will play at a jazz concert at HCM City?s Institute of Cultural Exchange with France on June 11.

Pasi, who started to play music at the age of 17 in a gospel choir, will perform songs from his album Uncaged released in 2011.

Born in 1984, the artist studied at the Saint Louis Jazz School in Rome, and the Jazz School CIM and the Atla School for contemporary music in Paris. He has taken part in many jazz and blues festival in the world.

The concert will begin at 8pm. Tickets are VND100,000 (VND50,000 for students) and are available at the venue, 28 Le Thanh Ton Street, in District 1.

Int?l Youth Festival opens in Binh Phuoc

The 2013 International Youth Festival opened in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on June 4.

The event has attracted 179 young delegates from 8 provinces, including Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, Kratie, Mondulkiri and Stung Treng (Cambodia); Champasak and Savannakhet (Laos) and Binh Phuoc (Vietnam).

In his opening speech, Nguyen Huy Phong, Vice Chairman of Binh Phuoc provincial People?s Committee, highlighted the three countries? traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation.

Many activities including seminars on youth, environment protection and national security, and visits to Dong Xoai town, Ba Ra tourism area, Ta Phiet historical relics and food festival will be held during the three-day festival.

Italian artist shows work at Decibel Lounge

An art exhibition called Cargo featuring HCM City?s landscapes and lifestyle by Italian artist Barbara Pellizzari Anchisi began today at the Decibel Lounge in District 1.

The exhibition includes 10 works that use a combination of printmaking and tempera technique on Chinese paper.

Anchisi, who has worked as painting restorer and art teacher in Florence and China, moved to Viet Nam in 2009. She manages art projects at schools for street children in Binh Thanh Street.

The artist has had four solo exhibitions in China and Italy.

The exhibition opening begins at 7pm.

British, Australian comedians to perform

International comedians Stephen Grant and Steve Allison will present a stand-up comedy performance at the Cargo Bar in District 4 on June 18.

Grant, who is from the UK, won the comedy website Chortle?s award for best host at a comedy venue in 2008 and 2011.

Allison is regarded by his industry peers as the best undiscovered comic in Australia. He has toured worldwide, including in New Zealand and South Africa.

Walk to learn more about Ha Noi

Join a city walk on Saturday to discover more about Hoan Kiem Lake and its surrounding area.

The English-speaking tour, organised by the Friends of Viet Nam Heritage (FVH), starts at 9.30am and finishes at 1pm. Participants will learn about the founding of the city, the French colonisation of the area, the history and legends of the lake, the old temples that stand by the lake and the major French architectural sights around the area.

The group will gather in front of the King Ly Thai To statue in the park at the corner of Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Lai streets. Cost: VND70,000. Limit: 20 people.

To register, contact Roman at FVH.CityWalks.English@gmail.com.

FVH is an informal group of foreigners living in Ha Noi who work voluntarily to promote and preserve Vietnamese cultural and historical heritage.

Entrance is VND200,000.

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'Hot in Cleveland' going live with William Shatner

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The TV Land channel says William Shatner will guest star on this month's live premiere of "Hot in Cleveland."

Brian Baumgartner of "The Office" also will be part of the episode, which is set to air live on the East Coast at 10 p.m. Wednesday, June 19. West Coast viewers will see a taped version of the episode at 10 p.m. PDT.

"Hot in Cleveland" stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White as single friends from LA who settle in the Ohio city. The 91-year-old Betty White plays their housekeeper.

Shatner, who's 82, joked that at long last he's working with someone older.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hot-cleveland-going-live-william-shatner-234158063.html

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Gut bacteria play key role in vaccination

June 5, 2013 ? The bacteria that live in the human gut may play an important role in immune response to vaccines and infection by wild-type enteric organisms, according to two recent studies resulting from a collaborative effort between the University of Maryland School of Medicine Institute for Genome Sciences and the Center for Vaccine Development. The first study, published online in PLOS ONE, examines the impact of an oral typhoid vaccination on the microbiota, or populations of bacteria, in the human gut. The second study, also published online in PLOS ONE looks in monkeys at the impact in the gut microbiota of vaccines against Shigella, as well as exposure to wild-type Shigella, another group of bacteria that, like S. Typhi, gain access to the host via the oral route. These studies find that higher diversity in the gut microbiota, i.e., more types of bacteria in the gut, affect the characteristics and magnitude of the immune responses to the vaccines and, in the case of exposure to wild-type Shigella, appear to be more resistant to infection. This research provides a window into how vaccines and resistance to enteric pathogens work. It also helps scientists understand more about how the "good" bacteria in the body affect human health, a growing area of research known as the human microbiome.

"Our research raises the intriguing possibility that the gut microbiota may play an important role in response to vaccines and susceptibility to enteric pathogens, or bacteria that affect the intestinal tract," says the senior author on both papers, Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D., Professor of the Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology and director of the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "The results are preliminary and more research is needed. In future studies, we plan to expand the subject pool and add metagenomic analysis. Metagenomics, also known as community or environmental genomics, will allow us to look at the function of the gut microbiota and how it is changing under various vaccination schedules. This research provides a fascinating window into the human microbiome, and how the bacteria in our bodies impact our health. Both S. Typhi and Shigella are still devastating to populations in certain parts of the world. We hope that this work might one day help to provide relief to those areas that still suffer from these diseases."

The first study analyzed the impact of an oral typhoid vaccination with an attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) on the human gut microbiota. While typhoid is not considered endemic in Western countries today, it is estimated that there are over 20 million illnesses associated with typhoid worldwide, particularly in south-central and south-east Asia. Scientists at the Center for Vaccine Development and other institutions have long been working to develop an improved oral vaccine to prevent the disease. Differences in the effectiveness of experimental vaccines have been attributed to heterogeneous immunogenicity among subjects, host genetics, nutrition, socioeconomic status and other factors. Researching the impact of the composition of intestinal microbiota is a new approach made possible by state-of-the-art advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies. The cutting edge facilities at the University of Maryland Institute for Genome Sciences generate huge quantities of data far more quickly than older technology. Similarly, advanced instrumentation and immunological techniques at the Center for Vaccine Development have, and continue to provide significant insights into the immune responses that are likely to correlate with protection.

The typhoid study involved an interdisciplinary team of scientists: experts in infectious diseases, enteric pathogens, microbiology, immunology and genomic analysis. The team found preliminary evidence that the gut microbiota might play a role in how individuals respond to vaccination. The study is noteworthy for its longitudinal analysis, and tracking data across ten discrete time points (pre- to 56 days post-immunization). The scientists found that more diversity in the gut microbiota may enable more robust immune responses to the vaccine.

The second study, also led by this interdisciplinary team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, similarly found evidence that the diversity of the gut microbiota was related to responsiveness and protection against Shigella dysenteriae 1. The research examined cynomolgus macaques that had been immunized with attenuated Shigella vaccines and/or challenged with wild-type S. dysenteriae 1. The scientists found that those animals that showed high diversity in their gut microbiota were more resistant to Shigella infection than those with lower diversity.

"These studies were performed to evaluate the hypothesis that the gut microbiota composition may impact the response to vaccination or exposure to enteric pathogens in humans and non-human primates. Salmonella and Shigella were chosen because of their great importance to Public Health. Since they gain access to the host when they are ingested, we would expect many factors in the gut microenvironment, including the presence of a defined microbiota, to play a key role in the immune response to vaccination and resistance to infection," says Marcelo B. Sztein, MD, Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology and Associate Director for Immunologic Studies at the Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine. "This area will continue to be a target for our research as we try to learn more about these pathogens, how they affect the body and how we can prevent infection with these sometimes deadly illnesses."

These studies were funded by NIH, NIAID, DHHS grants R01-AI036525 (to MBS) and U19-AI082655 (Cooperative Center for Translational Research in Human Immunology and Biodefense; CCHI) to MBS and CMF. The University of Maryland School of Medicine CCHI is one of eight CCHI's established in the United States to perform in-depth studies on human immunology and the only one that has applied genomic analysis to investigate microbiome composition as it relates to immune responses to vaccination and infection.

"The interdisciplinary expertise here at the School of Medicine allows us new approaches to complex medical challenges, such as determining the correlations between vaccinations, commensals and enteric pathogens," says E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., vice president for medical affairs at the University of Maryland and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "Dr. Fraser and Dr. Sztein are leaders in their fields, and this research was made possible by rare, highly advanced technology available at the Institute for Genome Sciences, the Center for Vaccine Development and the Department of Pathology. We expect more groundbreaking discoveries from these research scientists, paving the way for the treatment and prevention of deadly diseases throughout the world."

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/GCaqdHGVsWw/130605185931.htm

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Awesome Doctors Give Children Superhero Formula to Fight Cancer

Cancer sucks. Always. But it might be at its absolute suckiest when it strikes kids. Thank God for awesome doctors like these ones in Brazil. Instead of doling out regular chemotherapy medication, the doctors repackage the medication into a superhero formula complete with its own superhero case.

It doesn't stop there. It gets better. The doctors actually create custom comic books that show the superheroes go through the same thing these kids are. And for the superheroes to grow stronger, they have to take the same superhero formula that the kids take.

It's turning something intimidating and scary into something more relatable and maybe even fun. If it at least makes one kid smile, it's done something right. [JWT Brazil]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/awesome-doctors-give-children-superhero-formula-to-figh-511578948

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Pet Talk: Keep your pets safe in the garden this summer : News ...

Dr. Jen Klabunde and Holly Baker hold 8 week old puppies in the studio

GRAND TRAVERSE -- In this week's edition of Pet Talk, keeping your pets safe while outside in your garden is important to think about this summer.

Dr. Klabunde says there are a few big things to look out for:

Pet Safe Gradening

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Poisonous Plants

Fertilizer

Cocoa Mulch

Insecticides

Compost

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The puppies are also up for adoption at the Dogapalooza on June 8 at Cobblestone Farms. Dogapalooza will be from 12-4. You can also check out Dr. Jen Klabunde's veterinary office website?here.?

Source: http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?id=906021

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