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The Boston Globe profiles Eric H. Schultz, chief executive of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
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The Boston Globe profiles Eric H. Schultz, chief executive of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
States are looking to stretch their Medicaid budgets.
The WHO "has granted prequalification status to Pfizer Inc.'s children's pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13, paving the way for United Nations agencies and governments to start ordering the product," the Associated Press reports (8/23).
It could take Pakistan three or more years to recover from the major floods that have affected the country over the past few weeks, Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said, Reuters/MSNBC.com reports (8/24).
Although the House approved legislation to update the nation's food safety program, the Senate's version of the measure has been languishing.
New report by Cigna finds more doctors are opting to not see Medicare patients. Meanwhile, hospitals are under increasing pressure to reduce the number of older patients who are readmitted.
Modern Healthcare reports, "Pharmacy-benefit manager Medco Health Solutions' recent announcement of plans to acquire United BioSource Corp. for $730 million has many wondering if this will be the first of many companies seeking to extend their reach in the growing comparative effectiveness market."
A federal judge issues a ruling to block President Barack Obama's funding of human embryonic stem cell research.
NPR continued its series on seniors aging at home.
Hospitals are increasingly using messaging systems, such as online notices, text messages or flashing billboards, to let people know how long the wait is at local emergency rooms, the Associated Press reports.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest reports about a federal court judge's ruling to block the Obama administration's stem cell policy.
The New York Times on Thursday examined a New England Journal of Medicine study that found asymptomatic HIV-positive people who delayed antiretroviral treatment until their disease reached a more advanced stage faced higher mortality rates than those who initiated treatment earlier.
By using samples of the H5N1 (avian flu) virus obtained from Egypt, CDC scientists have developed a virus sample critical to the production of a bird flu vaccine, the WHO said Thursday, Reuters reports.
Recent outbreaks in Africa and Latin America have diminished the supply of yellow fever vaccines, the WHO said on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday announced that the U.S. will send $110 million in aid to Pakistan to help the more than two million people displaced by a government-led offensive against the Taliban, the New York Times reports.
Nigeria and the Phillipines are opening TB research labs to combat tuberculosis.
A group of health ministers from Africa and Commonwealth countries on Thursday approached health officials from developed countries at the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva to request help with the development and expansion of medical training centers in an effort to combat "brain drain," Nigeria's Guardian reports.
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