Health Checkup: Only 106,185 people bought an Obamacare health plan in its first month, according to the government. It’s only about 20% of the target figure for the first month. More disappointing for the administration is that only about 27,000 …

Philippines: The government lowered its estimate of storm dead to about 2,500, down from an original figure of 10,000. About 660,000 people are homeless. Most reports are coming out of the city of Tacloban but there’s little information about conditions …

Philippines: Philippine President Benigno Aquino has declared a “national calamity” as his country digs out from the damage of Typhoon Haiyan. The UN put out a call for $301 million in disaster aid as the risk of hunger and disease …

Philippines: An international relief effort is having trouble getting to storm devastated areas of the Philippines. Thousands of people are dead and food and water scarce. The city of Tacloban is essentially leveled.   The Philippine Daily Inquirer quotes a schoolteacher …

Devastation: The death toll from Friday’s monster typhoon could reach 10,000 in the city of Tacloban alone, Philippine authorities say. Hardest hit were Tacloban and Ormoc on the island of Leyte in the central Philippines, but people are reported dead …

Monster: At least 1,200 people are believed to be dead in the Philippines in aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which has been described as the strongest storm ever to make landfall. The Red Cross reported an estimated 1,000 bodies floating in …