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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.
An internal audit of the World Bank's health, nutrition and population division found that a third of the programs it loaned money to have not had satisfactory outcomes, the New York Times reports.
A Seattle Times blog on Thursday reported that two major grants were awarded to the Seattle non-profit global health group PATH this week for HIV/AIDS work.
A Seattle Times blog on Thursday reported that two major grants were awarded to the Seattle non-profit global health group PATH this week for HIV/AIDS work.
Rwandan officials hope to vaccinate all children younger than 1 year old in the country against pneumonia, according to the New York Times.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday awarded 81 "innovative, unconventional" global health research projects grants of $100,000 each, AP/Google.com reports.
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