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President Bush signs legislation to expand protections under Americans with disabilities act

President Bush on Thursday signed legislation that expands protections under the Americans with Disability Act, the AP/Kansas City Star reports (AP/Kansas City Star, 9/25).

29 Sep 2008

Senate passes bill to aid low-income seniors pay Medicare premiums

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill (S 3560) that would authorize an additional $45 million to assist low-income seniors with Medicare premiums and increase incentives for certain drug manufactures to produce antibiotics, CQ Today reports.

29 Sep 2008

Prisons in North Carolina to begin testing all inmates for HIV

Prisons in North Carolina will start screening all inmates for HIV beginning in November, the Raleigh News & Observer reports.

29 Sep 2008

Senate unveils second economic stimulus bill that would provide additional Federal Medicaid funding; House also to consider stimulus measure

Senate and House Democrats have prepared separate proposals for a second economic stimulus package that include additional federal funds for Medicaid and other programs, CQ Today reports.

29 Sep 2008

Tarrant County taking steps to address high infant mortality rate

Tarrant County, Texas, community leaders are meeting Friday to discuss the county's high infant mortality rate, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

29 Sep 2008

Senate approves bill that would require HIV testing in federal prisons

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved by voice vote a House-approved bill (HR 1943) that would require HIV/AIDS testing for inmates upon arrival in federal prisons, CQ Today reports.

29 Sep 2008

Average monthly premium for stand-alone Medicare prescription drug coverage will increase by 24% in 2009 to $37, according to report

The average monthly premium for stand-alone Medicare prescription drug coverage will increase by 24% to $37 next year, according to an analysis of the plans by Avalere Health, the Wall Street Journal reports.

29 Sep 2008

PEPFAR suspends funding for three Ranbaxy AIDS drugs banned by FDA

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program has suspended funding for three antiretroviral drugs manufactured by Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy that were included in an importation ban imposed by FDA on Sept. 16, Bloomberg reports.

29 Sep 2008

Youth campaign to fight HIV/AIDS in Indian city, Times of India reports

A campaign to scale up the fight against HIV/AIDS through youth leadership, called "Wake up Pune," has planned several activities in the Indian city of Pune between Sept. 7 and Dec. 1, the Times of India reports.

29 Sep 2008

HHS should act quickly to end travel restrictions for HIV-positive people, editorial says

HHS should take action "soon to end a de facto form of discrimination" by rewriting its rules prohibiting HIV-positive people from visiting the U.S., a Washington Post editorial says, adding that the continuation of the policy "puts the United States in the company of countries such as Libya, Saudi Arabia and Sudan."

29 Sep 2008

Protecting patient privacy the new fashioned way

Protecting patient privacy has been recognized as the duty of health-care providers for aHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Actbout as long as doctors have seen patients. Since 1996, that duty became a legal obligation when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

25 Sep 2008

Doctors raise stakes about presidential candidates' health care plans

A Delaware County physician says health care is too important of an issue in the upcoming presidential election, and that the candidates should have a forum to talk about their vision for the future of health care.

25 Sep 2008

Catholic school refuses to allow girls to have cervical cancer vaccine on school grounds

A Catholic school in Britain has refused to allow girls attending the school to have the cervical cancer vaccination on its premises.

25 Sep 2008

Personality can hamper a physician’s assessment of depression

A physician's personality can affect practice behavior in inquiries about patient mood symptoms and the diagnosis of depression, according to a study led by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.

24 Sep 2008

Energy drinks tackled on new web show from Institute For Good Medicine

Energy drinks are all the buzz these days, particularly as controversy rises on the impact they have on the human body. As such, the Institute for Good Medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical Society recently launched its first web show titled Good Medicine at www.myfamilywellness.org, featuring this controversial topic.

24 Sep 2008

Florida Medicaid beneficiaries sue state to receive home-based care

Nearly 8,500 Florida Medicaid beneficiaries living in nursing homes have filed a federal class-action lawsuit claiming they are being forced to obtain care in nursing homes rather than in the community, the AP/Miami Herald reports.

24 Sep 2008

Massachusetts lawmakers pass legislation to attract more primary care physicians to state as wait times for appointments increase

The average wait time for an appointment with a primary care physician in Massachusetts this year increased to 36 days from 34 days in 2007, according to an annual study by the Massachusetts Medical Society, the AP/Boston Herald reports (AP/Boston Herald, 9/22).

24 Sep 2008

Tuberculosis poses security threat in Russia, official says

Tuberculosis poses a threat to Russia's security and labor force, Mikhail Grishankov, first deputy chair of the security committee of the State Duma, said recently during a roundtable at the World Bank office in Moscow, ITAR-TASS World Service reports.

24 Sep 2008

New York Times examines new surveillance measures in WHO's world malaria report 2008

The New York Times on Tuesday examined the data collection methods used in the World Malaria Report 2008, which was released last week by the World Health Organization (McNeil, New York Times, 9/23).

24 Sep 2008

Raleigh News & Observer profiles UNC researcher who investigates social factors behind higher HIV/AIDS rates for blacks

The Raleigh News & Observer on Sunday profiled University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill medical researcher Adaora Adimora, who has investigated why HIV/AIDS seems to affect blacks more than members of other races and ethnicities (Niolet, Raleigh News & Observer, 9/21).

24 Sep 2008

Health Care News and Research

President Bush signs legislation to expand protections under Americans with disabilities act

Senate passes bill to aid low-income seniors pay Medicare premiums

Prisons in North Carolina to begin testing all inmates for HIV

Senate unveils second economic stimulus bill that would provide additional Federal Medicaid funding; House also to consider stimulus measure

Tarrant County taking steps to address high infant mortality rate

Senate approves bill that would require HIV testing in federal prisons

Average monthly premium for stand-alone Medicare prescription drug coverage will increase by 24% in 2009 to $37, according to report

PEPFAR suspends funding for three Ranbaxy AIDS drugs banned by FDA

Youth campaign to fight HIV/AIDS in Indian city, Times of India reports

HHS should act quickly to end travel restrictions for HIV-positive people, editorial says

Protecting patient privacy the new fashioned way

Doctors raise stakes about presidential candidates' health care plans

Catholic school refuses to allow girls to have cervical cancer vaccine on school grounds

Personality can hamper a physician’s assessment of depression

Energy drinks tackled on new web show from Institute For Good Medicine

Florida Medicaid beneficiaries sue state to receive home-based care

Massachusetts lawmakers pass legislation to attract more primary care physicians to state as wait times for appointments increase

Tuberculosis poses security threat in Russia, official says

New York Times examines new surveillance measures in WHO's world malaria report 2008

Raleigh News & Observer profiles UNC researcher who investigates social factors behind higher HIV/AIDS rates for blacks

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