“The most important new antidiscrimination law in two decades – the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act – will take effect in the nation’s workplaces next weekend, prohibiting employers from requesting genetic testing or considering someone’s genetic background in hiring, firing or promotions,” The New York Times reports.

The results of the 2009 Pfizer Health Index announced at the Royal College of Physicians Ireland reveal that the recently unemployed are four times more likely to claim to have depression than the general population. There is also evidence that the recession is leading to anxiety over money, is bad for self-esteem and is leading to relationship tension.

The New York Times examines the use of small, direct grants to improve health and development in Afghanistan.

Former President George W. Bush will deliver a speech on Thursday marking the launch of the “George W

The New York Times: “About 4,000 Americans – rather than about 1,200 – have died of swine flu since the disease emerged in April, according to new figures being calculated by [CDC] epidemiologists” – an estimate that combines the number of “deaths from laboratory-confirmed cases of the flu and death