Prospective epidemiologic surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in children in San José, Costa Rica.
CONCLUSIONS: There is a considerable burden of IPD and pneumonia in children in San José. These epidemiologic data serve as a baseline to evaluate the effectiveness of the incorporation of new conjugate pneumococcal vaccines into the National Immunization Program in Costa Rican children. PMID: 22300725 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Vaccine)

Why Closing Medicare's 'Donut Hole' is a Terrible Idea
Many conservatives believe that George W. Bush betrayed their cause. Exhibit A, these conservatives say, is the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. That law established Medicare's prescription-drug benefit plan without offsetting spending cuts or tax increases, adding $16 trillion to our unfunded liabilities. And yet, if media reports are to be believed, some of these very same conservatives want to shower the program with even more taxpayer money, for no other reason than because it polls well. (Source: Forbes.com Health News)