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Federal Advisory Panel. With Reservations, Recommends Keeping Avandia On The Market
Final decision on controversial diabetes drug now goes to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.
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U.S. News Releases 2010 Best Hospitals Rankings
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2010 rankings of the best hospitals.
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Can Abortion-Rights Activists Return The Procedure To Mainstream Medicine?
In the early 90s, anti-abortion activist Randall Terry declared doctors were "the weak link" in the fight against the procedure.
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Public, Private Efforts To Boost Health IT Connectivity
New reports highlight two new investments meant to help health providers connect electronically.
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Judge Says FTC Likely Overstepped Authority In Sharing Drugmaker Pay-For-Delay Info
A judge Wednesday "slammed" the Federal Trade Commission for the "strong possibility" that it "overstepped its bounds and shared confidential information" in a pay-for-delay case between the government and a generic drug company, Reuters reports.
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Feds Approve More Funding For Medicaid Recipients In Ohio While Health Costs Strain Town Budgets In New Jersey
States address a range of health policy issues.
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Abortion Opponents Say That Elective Abortions May Be Covered In High Risk Pools
Groups opposing abortion criticize new insurance plans in Pennsylvania and New Mexico for patients who have been denied insurance because of pre-existing conditions, saying the rules could allow government funding of elective abortions. Obama administration says it will not allow that.
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First Edition: July 15, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about Wednesday's White House release of new coverage rules for certain screening tests and other types of preventive care.
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Rules For Free Preventive Services Requirement Announced
The Obama administration unveils regulations for implementing provisions of the new health law that will require insurers to pay fully for some preventive services.
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Final Rules Unveiled For Docs, Hospitals To Tap E-Health Funding
The federal government has issued new regulations defining the "meaningful use" of electronic medical records, a requirement doctors must fulfill in order to get rewards from a $27-billion pot set aside in the 2009 stimulus law.
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AP Further Examines How PEPFAR Helped Inform New U.S. Domestic HIV/AIDS Strategy
"The national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS the Obama administration released Tuesday credits the Bush-era international campaign against AIDS for setting clear targets and ensuring a variety of agencies and groups worked together smoothly to achieve them," the Associated Press writes in a piece that examines how PEPFAR served to inform the national strategy.
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U.S. Taxpayers Spend Equal Amounts On Non-Emergency Food Aid And Shipping, Study Says
IRIN examines the findings of a study about the costs and effects of the U.S. Agricultural Cargo Preference (ACP) policy, noting that "U.S. taxpayers spend about $140 million every year on non-emergency food aid in Africa, and roughly the same amount to ship food aid to global destinations on U.S. vessels; money that could have been used to feed more people."
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Support For Health Overhaul Down; GOP Asks Kagan If She Would Recuse Herself From Cases On New Law
CBS News reports that support for the new health reform law has dropped seven percentage points in the last two months, though support for it remains higher than when the law was first signed in March.
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New HIV Treatment Strategy Could Reduce HIV-Related Deaths By 10M In 15 Years, UNAIDS Says
UNAIDS on Tuesday outlined a new strategy, called "Treatment 2.0," to simplify the provision of HIV treatment and improve global access to antiretrovirals (ARVs), Reuters reports. The agency says the plan could prevent up to 10 million AIDS-related deaths by 2025 and reduce the number of new HIV infections annually by up to one million, if all people in need receive treatment, according to the news service.
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PhRMA Names Business Roundtable Head As New President, Looks To New Influence
John Castellani was named president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Tuesday, bringing his clout and lobbying power to the position after spending nine years representing CEOs as president of Business Roundtable.
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Florida Medicaid Recipients Make Fewer Trips To Doctors; Calif. Payments To Health Clinics In Jeopardy; Texas Addresses Nursing Shortage
States deal with a range of health policy issues.
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Obama Will Nominate Deputy Secretary Of State Lew To Lead Office Of Management And Budget
President Barack Obama announced his intentions Tuesday to nominate Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Jack Lew to be the new director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Foreign Policy's blog "The Cable" reports.
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Health Insurers Confront Dual Uncertainties Of Recession, Overhaul
Health insurers' Wall Street prospects remain uncertain as details of the health overhaul have yet to be mapped out.
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Lew Chosen For OMB Post As Federal Deficit Tops $1 Trillion
Jacob Lew, President Obama's pick to run the Office of Management and Budget, is inheriting a federal deficit that has topped $1 trillion with three months left in the federal government's fiscal year.
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