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Texas, S.C. lawmakers weigh added spending for Medicaid

The Texas House approved supplemental funding while a S.C. legislative committee passed a bill with $75 million in new spending for that state's Medicaid program.

24 Feb 2013

After January renomination, a hearing for Tavenner appears likely

The Washington Post inteviewed the Obama administration's pick to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

24 Feb 2013

Some red states wavering on opposition to Medicaid expansion

This week, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, one of the fiercest critics of this health law provision, reversed his position and said he would proceed with the expansion. But he's not the only one, and, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, it's because the idea is just "too good to pass up."

24 Feb 2013

UNAIDS launches online platform to highlight relevant research

"UNAIDS has launched an online platform, UNAIDS Science now, which highlights some of those papers that are particularly relevant to the United Nations high level targets," the agency reports in an article on its webpage.

24 Feb 2013

SciDev.Net examines usefulness of global health data for policymakers

"The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2010, launched last December, brought unparalleled access to analyses of health and mortality trends spanning two decades," but "hurdles remain in ensuring the accessibility and usefulness of data for policymakers in the global South," SciDev.Net reports.

24 Feb 2013

Compounding pharmacy trade group changes position on FDA oversight

The head of the nation's largest trade group for the specialty pharmacies known as compounders said he will support legislation requiring pharmacies that operate like drug manufacturers to register with the Food and Drug Administration and be subject to stricter standards enforced by the agency.

24 Feb 2013

Stopping malaria transmission has long-lasting benefits, review shows

"A review of malaria elimination conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and other institutions and published in Science suggests stopping malaria transmission completely has long-lasting benefits for many countries and that once eliminated, the disease is unlikely to reemerge over time," a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health press release reports.

24 Feb 2013

Mich. panel strips abortion from Blue Cross bill; Ark. House takes action

A House panel on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation to overhaul Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, leaving out anti-abortion provisions that torpedoed an earlier effort to change the status of the state's largest health insurer. The 11-0 votes signaled - at least for now - that one of Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's top legislative priorities could reach his desk without language that led him to veto similar legislation in late December. The Senate OK'd the new Blue Cross bills in late January.

23 Feb 2013

D.C., Minn. lawmakers consider mandating hospital nurse-patient ratios

The measures would force hospitals to maintain lower nurse-to-patient ratios to try to reduce workload on nurses and to provide better care. Hospitals say the moves would be too expensive.

23 Feb 2013

HHS funds projects in 25 states to try to lower Medicaid costs, improve care

The Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday that it would provide 25 of the 50 states with funding to test new ways to lower costs and improve care within the national Medicaid program for the poor.

23 Feb 2013

USAID distributing 'hygiene kits' in Syrian refugee camp as part of humanitarian effort

USAID "is distributing 'hygiene kits' at a Syrian refugee camp as part of a $385 million effort to help those affected by the country's ongoing civil war, according to a statement published on the U.S. Embassy's website Thursday," The Hill's "Blog Briefing Room" reports.

23 Feb 2013

Washington University creates new type of air-cleaning technology

Washington University engineering researchers have created a new type of air-cleaning technology that could better protect human lungs from allergens, airborne viruses and ultrafine particles in the air.

23 Feb 2013

WHO must play 'assertive central role' in fighting distribution of substandard, fake medicines

This Lancet editorial notes the release of an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report commissioned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that gathers information on "the global threat of falsified or substandard drugs" and provides recommendations "to mitigate this public health problem."

23 Feb 2013

International community must continue its support of Rwanda or risk reversing development progress

Cutting aid to Rwanda because of its alleged role in the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is outlined in a November 2012 U.N. Security Council-commissioned report, "is the wrong approach," Tony Blair, founder of the Africa Governance Initiative, and Howard Buffett, president of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, write in a Foreign Policy opinion piece, noting that the report, containing "allegations the government strongly denies, ... has led a number of Western governments and multilaterals to suspend aid to Rwanda, totaling $245 million."

23 Feb 2013

U.S. health officials outline new policies for funding research on H5N1 avian flu, other potentially dangerous agents

"U.S. health authorities on Thursday outlined the conditions for funding research on the H5N1 bird flu virus a month after scientists lifted a yearlong pause on the work that was imposed amid concerns it could be used by terrorists," Bloomberg reports.

23 Feb 2013

Genentech receives FDA approval for Kadcyla to treat HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine), a new therapy for patients with HER2-positive, late-stage (metastatic) breast cancer.

23 Feb 2013

Widespread ART coverage can reduce risk of HIV infection, increase life expectancy of general population, studies show

"An intensive campaign to combat HIV/AIDS with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has increased life expectancy by more than 11 years and significantly reduced the risk of infection for healthy individuals, according to new research," the Los Angeles Times reports.

23 Feb 2013

Viewpoints: Other GOP governors should note what Scott wrangled out of HHS; Curbs on painkillers need to be tougher

Those governors who earlier embraced ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion - here's looking at you, Jan Brewer - might be feeling a little cheated. If only they had held out a bit longer, they might have been able to obtain something from the Obama administration in return, as Florida's Rick Scott purports to have done.

23 Feb 2013

FDA approves Lupin Pharmaceuticals' SUPRAX for Oral Suspension

Pharma major, Lupin Ltd., announced today that its subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively, Lupin) has received approval for SUPRAX (Cefixime) for Oral Suspension, 500 mg/5mL from the United States Food and Drugs Administration (FDA).

23 Feb 2013

U.N. claims 'legal immunity' in case seeking compensation for Haiti cholera outbreak; Ban reiterates commitment to eliminating the disease

"The U.N. has taken the rare step of invoking its legal immunity to rebuff claims for compensation from 5,000 victims of the Haiti cholera epidemic, the worst outbreak of the disease in modern times and widely believed to have been caused by U.N. peacekeepers importing the infection into the country," the Guardian reports.

23 Feb 2013

Health Care News and Research

Texas, S.C. lawmakers weigh added spending for Medicaid

After January renomination, a hearing for Tavenner appears likely

Some red states wavering on opposition to Medicaid expansion

UNAIDS launches online platform to highlight relevant research

SciDev.Net examines usefulness of global health data for policymakers

Compounding pharmacy trade group changes position on FDA oversight

Stopping malaria transmission has long-lasting benefits, review shows

Mich. panel strips abortion from Blue Cross bill; Ark. House takes action

D.C., Minn. lawmakers consider mandating hospital nurse-patient ratios

HHS funds projects in 25 states to try to lower Medicaid costs, improve care

USAID distributing 'hygiene kits' in Syrian refugee camp as part of humanitarian effort

Washington University creates new type of air-cleaning technology

WHO must play 'assertive central role' in fighting distribution of substandard, fake medicines

International community must continue its support of Rwanda or risk reversing development progress

U.S. health officials outline new policies for funding research on H5N1 avian flu, other potentially dangerous agents

Genentech receives FDA approval for Kadcyla to treat HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer

Widespread ART coverage can reduce risk of HIV infection, increase life expectancy of general population, studies show

Viewpoints: Other GOP governors should note what Scott wrangled out of HHS; Curbs on painkillers need to be tougher

FDA approves Lupin Pharmaceuticals' SUPRAX for Oral Suspension

U.N. claims 'legal immunity' in case seeking compensation for Haiti cholera outbreak; Ban reiterates commitment to eliminating the disease

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