“SCHIP Reauthorization: Key Questions in the Current Debate,” Kaiser Family Foundation: The issue brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured discusses key questions that are shaping the debate over SCHIP reauthorization. Additional resources on the [click link for full article]

The following summarizes recent newspaper articles related to children’s health coverage in North Carolina and Tennessee.North Carolina: North Carolina could save nearly $16 million by shifting SCHIP billing services from the state’s employee health plan office to the state Department of Health and Human Services, according to a report released on Tuesday by the [click link for full article]

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) postponed until Thursday a planned vote on legislation ( [click link for full article]

The Atlantic City, N.J.-based abortion provider Alternatives will remain closed until health violations discovered last month are corrected, Tom Slater, spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, said Tuesday, the [click link for full article]

An Ohio Medicaid program was expanded this month to cover beneficiaries in assisted living facilities, but “only time will tell if assisted living becomes a true option” for Ohio Medicaid beneficiaries, the Dayton Daily News reports. Assisted living — the fastest growing type of housing in the country, according to [click link for full article]

A new US study suggests, for the first time, that checking the hearing of newborns using a simple non-invasive test may offer the chance to find infants at risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).The study is available as an early online edition in the journal Early Human Development.Dr. [click link for full article]

NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” on Tuesday included a discussion about access to mental health care and other issues female military service members face after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The number of U.S. women in military service is at an all-time high, with women now making up nearly 15% of active duty personnel. [click link for full article]

About 11% of U.S. children lack health insurance, according to the 18th annual “Kids Count” report released on Wednesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. [click link for full article]

The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is finalizing preparations to dispatch a train that over the course of one year will reach 60,000 rural villages nationwide to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS among youth, a ministry official recently announced, the Press Trust of India reports. [click link for full article]

There were 41 births for every 1,000 girls and women ages 15 to 19 in the U.S. in 2004, continuing a decline in teen birth rates across the country since at least 1990, according to the 2007 Kids Count report compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and released on Wednesday, the [click link for full article]