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The New York Times examines a set of questions raised by news out of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 last week that a microbicide gel containing the antiretroviral (ARV) tenofovir used by women before and after sex helped reduce their risk of HIV infection by 39 percent.
Russia will undergo a $15.1 billion overhaul of its health care sector, including changes to its medical insurance system as well as health care delivery across the country, according to BMJ News.
The issues of health care and abortion are setting up difficult re-election races and mobilizing volunteers and cash donations.
A survey sponsored by the National Council on Aging found that only 17 percent of respondents could answer six of the 12 questions about key provisions of the new health law.
Pharmaceutical industry tradegroup PhRMA said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration should do a better job of explaining additional safeguards against certain drugs when it issues warnings, Reuters reports.
According to The New Yorker, "modern medicine is good at staving off death with aggressive interventions-and bad at knowing when to focus, instead, on improving the days that terminal patients have left."
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Tuesday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
States confront a range of health care policy issues.
A new survey has sparked an Indiana patient advocacy group to say hospitals in one part of the state should do a earn their nonprofit status by providing more low-cost charity care.
Technology to keep congestive heart failure patients out of the hospital by having them "take readings like their weight, blood pressure and other key metrics using wireless and other technologies" is being tested, The Wall Street Journal reports.
A new report suggests that expanding use of generic drugs could offer significant savings for Medicaid.
Dr. Donald Berwick, the new head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, faces continued hostility in the Senate, The New York Times reports
Medicare payment for end-stage renal disease care may soon be tied to performance and quality measures if a new proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is finalized.
Anthem Blue Cross of California has named former Aetna executive Pam Kehaly to head the insurer after its president resigned a week ago.
Health care industry players are still sorting out the latest regulations on an up-to-$36 billion federal program to encourage doctors and hospitals to use electronic medical records.
Maryland could spend $829 million less than expected on health care between next year and 2020 because of the federal health overhaul law, according to an analysis by a state-convened committee.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the continuing Senate backlash to Dr. Donald Berwick's appointment to head the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as findings from a new poll that reveal seniors really don't understand health reform.
On the final day of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 Friday, Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria called upon "China, India and other fast-growing economies" to chip in to help close the funding gap in efforts to battle HIV/AIDS, Agence France-Presse reports. "Until now, these countries have been recipients of AIDS funds, not donors," the news service writes.
Heads of state from the African Union (AU) started a three-day meeting in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday as part of the 15th AU Summit, People's Daily Online reports.
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