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In a special section in advance of the AIDS Conference, Science examines the "state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia and Ukraine, which account for more than 90% of HIV infections in Eastern Europe."
In an interview, Sebelius struck a congenial tone after previously taking insurers to task for high rate hikes.
HHS to reallocate funds to give states an extra $25 million to purchase drugs for HIV/AIDS patients.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday's editorials and opinions from across the country.
States address a range of health care issues at the state level.
Two new studies show ways to improve Medicaid financing and access.
Though a national shortage of nurses is taking hold, newly minted resident nurses are having a hard time finding jobs as the economy struggles, "delaying the retirement of experienced nurses," USA Today reports.
The Hill reports that Republicans are charging that when President Barack Obama used a recess appointment to install Dr. Donald Berwick as the head of Medicare, the administration evaded questions about industry funding of Berwick's health health care institute.
This week's research roundup includes studies and briefs from Health Affairs and the Commonwealth Fund.
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules to strengthen patient privacy protections, including steps to establish new limits on the use of protected information for marketing and fundraising.
News outlets report on the hospital markets in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
"The World Bank on Thursday named David Wilson, a Zimbabwean national who has written extensively about AIDS in the developing world, to head the poverty-fighting institution's global HIV/AIDS program," Reuters reports.
A merger of Merck and Schering-Plough has led to Merck begin laying plans to lay off 15,000 people during the next two years.
Medicare sends $250 checks to more than 300,000 seniors to help cover prescription drug expenses.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about some little-known health reform provisions and how the Obama administration is using technology to help consumers navigate changes resulting from the health overhaul.
Ahead of the International AIDS Conference, set for July 18-23 in Vienna, Austria, Reuters features an interview with Gottfried Hirnschall, the WHO's director of HIV/AIDS, who speaks of the need for current funds for the global HIV/AIDS programs to be used more efficiently to achieve universal access to treatment for all HIV/AIDS patients.
Aid agencies providing sanitation and water services in Haiti are stretched to their capacities and cannot help indefinitely, the British Red Cross said in a report Wednesday," according to the Associated Press/Taiwan News. Meanwhile, Caricom says that the U.N. should step in to coordinate the relief programs.
The recent G8 summit in Canada's Muskoka region took an important step forward in improving maternal and child health in developing countries, Canadian and American officials said at a forum Wednesday.
CIDRAP News examines a recently-released WHO report on how donor countries and organizations have responded to the needs of developing countries during the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic.
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