CBO Estimates Show Public Plan With Higher Savings Rate

National Journal reports: “In a bid to wrangle concessions from the Blue Dog Coalition on healthcare reform, House leaders Thursday released CBO estimates for liberals’ preferred version of the public option that show $85 billion more in savings than for the version the Blue Dogs prefer.”

Black Infant Mortality Points to Moms’ Crying Need

Kimberly Seals Allers writes for Women’s eNews: “If African American, Latino and Native American babies are too often in jeopardy, that means that this country is miserably failing women of color, and black women in particular, in the process of birthing healthy babies.”

Two Giants Vie for Billions in S.T.D. Vaccine Market

Natasha Singer writes for The New York Times: “Two pharmaceutical giants are vying for the billions of dollars up for grabs in the market for vaccines against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a sexually transmitted infection that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts.