The News Review:
- Weight Guidelines Toughened for bese Mothers-to-Be
- Senate Ks bill on kids’ health insurance
- Swine flu alert primary closure
Weight Guidelines Toughened for bese Mothers-to-Be
TIME
These mothers-to-be are advised to limit their weight gain to 11 to 20 pounds. The standards also suggest for the first time that pregnant women may safely exercise up to 30 minutes a day throughout their entire pregnancy barring any complications. Failing to adhere to the IM’s recommendations could increase health risks for both mother and child Rasmussen says. Women who do not gain enough weight during pregnancy face an increased risk of stunted fetal growth and preterm delivery. But more commonly women put on too many extra pounds: approximately 40% of normal-weight and 60% of overweight women gained excessive weight during pregnancy according to a study published in March by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; one-fourth of obese women gained more than 35 pounds the recommended limit for women of healthy weight.
Senate Ks bill on kids’ health insurance
Houston Chronicle
Also Wednesday: Acting on a must-pass issue the Senate stopped the clock in its chamber at midnight in order to revive a bill to restore the state’s depleted windstorm insurance fund. The expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program was one of several key bills caught in a legislative logjam this week when House Democrats slowed floor debate to defeat a voter identification bill. Kip Averitt R-Waco attached the Senate version of the CHIP bill to a House bill on screening newborns for diseases. Legislative rules generally allow lawmakers to attach bills as amendments to other bills if the subjects are related. Averitt said his bill was identical to one that passed the Senate in March.
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Swine flu alert primary closure
BBC News
The fifth is a five-year-old pupil at Annette Street Primary and a neighbour of the family. The health secretary said: "We know from experience south of the border that when precautionary action like this can be taken early then we do have a good chance of stopping further spread. " Tamiflu will be issued to the children in the Primary ne class of the child and public health officials will give parents advice and reassurance. Translators will also be on hand to assist health officials because of the high ethnic population in the area. Shawlands Academy the school attended by the 37-year-old man’s elder child will remain open as no pupils there have shown symptoms – although the situation is being kept under review. There is also one probable travel-related case in the Lothians. A total of 11 possible cases are also being investigated across Scotland – including close contacts of two Greek engineering students from Heriot-Watt University’s Riccarton campus in Edinburgh.
