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FSMB announces recipients of 2013 medical awards

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced the recipients of its 2013 awards recognizing outstanding service and leadership in the field of medical regulation.

28 Feb 2013

Efforts to copy biotech drugs face delays, obstacles

Much anticipated knockoff versions of costly biotech medicines are facing delays and obstacles that could cost patients and health systems billions in missed savings.

28 Feb 2013

WASH Advocates, Maternal Health Task Force blog feature 'WASH & Women's Health' series

In "the first post in the series 'WASH & Women's Health,' which WASH Advocates is coordinating for the Maternal Health Task Force blog," Rebecca Fishman, director of operations and special projects at WASH Advocates, writes, "The blog series will be published ahead of International Women's Day (March 8), World Water Day (March 22), and during this United Nations-designed International Year of Water Cooperation.

28 Feb 2013

Global malaria eradication could be achieved without globally coordinated campaign, study suggests

In a study published in the journal Science last week, a team of researchers at the University of Southampton, led by Andrew Tatem, suggest "the global eradication of malaria could be achieved by individual countries eliminating the disease within their own borders and coordinating efforts regionally," a press release from the University of Southampton reports.

28 Feb 2013

U.N.'s legal immunity, refusal to compensate Haitians for cholera claims 'cheapens its larger mission'

Noting the U.N. last week "announced that Haitian claims for compensation weren't receivable under article 29 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations," Armin Rosen, a writer and producer for The Atlantic's international channel, writes in an opinion piece in the magazine, "If a multinational corporation behaved the way the U.N. did in Haiti, it would be sued for stratospheric amounts of money."

28 Feb 2013

Viewpoints: Former Sen. Gramm criticizes Obama on budget cuts; Debate on revamping Medicare needs less heat, more deliberation

While history shows that a divided government can enact significant spending cuts as an alternative to sequesters, that doesn't appear to be the path Mr. Obama intends to follow. Instead of protecting civilian defense workers, the president will continue to force the Pentagon to buy biofuels at $27 per gallon to promote his green agenda.

27 Feb 2013

Newborn screening improves detection of lethal form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in girls as well as boys

Contrary to current belief, routine newborn screening improves the detection of the lethal form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in girls as well as boys, saving lives in both sexes, according to a unique study of CAH during the last 100 years published Online First in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.

27 Feb 2013

First Edition: February 27, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about N.J. Gov. Christie's decision to pursue the health law's Medicaid expansion.

27 Feb 2013

Recommendations for PEPFAR to improve data collection, use, distribution

Noting the release of the Institute of Medicine PEPFAR evaluation and an October 2012 report of the Data Working Group of PEPFAR's Scientific Advisory Board, Mead Over and Rachel Silverman of the Center for Global Development propose in the group's "Global Health Policy" blog "four recommendations where there seems to be agreement and feasible opportunities to improve PEPFAR's collection, utilization, and dissemination of data and knowledge."

27 Feb 2013

Is avoiding sequestration possible?

Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., told the Wall Street Journal that he would consider a tax increase if it is accompanied by reductions in entitlement spending.

27 Feb 2013

HCCI analysis suggests jump in spending on mental health-substance use admissions

The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 increased access to mental health and substance use services in hospitals, yet consumers continued to pay more out-of-pocket for substance use admissions than for other types of hospital admissions, finds a new Health Care Cost Institute report.

27 Feb 2013

Rwanda to roll out combined measles-rubella vaccination campaign

"Rwanda has been so successful at fighting measles that next month it will be the first country to get donor support to move to the next stage -- fighting rubella too," the New York Times reports.

27 Feb 2013

Small business leaders say federally funded basic research important to private sector innovation

More than two-thirds (67%) of small business leaders say basic research funded by the federal government is important to private sector innovation, according to a new nationwide survey of small business owners/operators commissioned by Research!America.

27 Feb 2013

Police escort of polio workers killed in northern Pakistan

"Health workers administering polio vaccinations to children came under attack in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing their police escort, authorities said," CNN reports.

27 Feb 2013

PEPFAR has helped millions, but 'hard work' lies ahead to sustain gains

PEPFAR, initiated in 2003, is "the largest global health initiative ever undertaken focused on a single disease," a Washington Post editorial writes, noting, "Now, after four years of work, some 400 interviews and visits to 13 nations, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences has provided [an] examination of this incredibly ambitious program."

27 Feb 2013

New research reveals special face masks prevent clinical respiratory and bacterial infections

Health care workers who consistently wear special fitted face masks while on duty are much less likely to get clinical respiratory and bacterial infections, according to new research led by University of New South Wales academics.

27 Feb 2013

Twenty doctors suspected of embezzling funds from GAVI arrested in Niger

"Niger arrested about 20 doctors suspected of embezzling funds from a charity promoting vaccination in poor countries, ... judicial and police sources said on Monday," Reuters reports.

27 Feb 2013

Private sector helps advance health, well-being of women, children

"Every pregnant girl or woman, wherever she lives, is connected to all of the other mothers-to-be around the world through the hope that their babies will be born strong and healthy," but "[t]he sad truth is that for millions of these girls and women, their own survival and that of their unborn babies cannot be taken for granted," Sharon D'Agostino, vice president of corporate citizenship at Johnson & Johnson, writes in the Huffington Post's "Global Motherhood" blog.

27 Feb 2013

Study shows people of high socioeconomic status more likely to get access to primary care

People of high socioeconomic status are more likely to be able to access primary care than those of low socioeconomic status, even within a universal health care system in which physicians are reimbursed equally for each patient, found an article published in CMAJ.

27 Feb 2013

Capitol Hill hot topics: Mental health, abortion and entitlement cuts

Roll Call explores how some lawmakers have strong personal connections to issues related to mental health and gun violence.

27 Feb 2013

Health Care News and Research

FSMB announces recipients of 2013 medical awards

Efforts to copy biotech drugs face delays, obstacles

WASH Advocates, Maternal Health Task Force blog feature 'WASH & Women's Health' series

Global malaria eradication could be achieved without globally coordinated campaign, study suggests

U.N.'s legal immunity, refusal to compensate Haitians for cholera claims 'cheapens its larger mission'

Viewpoints: Former Sen. Gramm criticizes Obama on budget cuts; Debate on revamping Medicare needs less heat, more deliberation

Newborn screening improves detection of lethal form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in girls as well as boys

First Edition: February 27, 2013

Recommendations for PEPFAR to improve data collection, use, distribution

Is avoiding sequestration possible?

HCCI analysis suggests jump in spending on mental health-substance use admissions

Rwanda to roll out combined measles-rubella vaccination campaign

Small business leaders say federally funded basic research important to private sector innovation

Police escort of polio workers killed in northern Pakistan

PEPFAR has helped millions, but 'hard work' lies ahead to sustain gains

New research reveals special face masks prevent clinical respiratory and bacterial infections

Twenty doctors suspected of embezzling funds from GAVI arrested in Niger

Private sector helps advance health, well-being of women, children

Study shows people of high socioeconomic status more likely to get access to primary care

Capitol Hill hot topics: Mental health, abortion and entitlement cuts

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