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MSF claims aid for vaccines subsidizing pharmaceutical companies, Guardian reports

"Large sums of public money intended to ensure children in the developing world are immunized against disease are effectively being used to subsidize Big Pharma, doctors working in the field claim," the Guardian reports.

5 Feb 2013

India's success in fighting polio shows what country is capable of with proper funding, accountability

"India's successful war on polio shows what can happen when its government sets clear policy goals backed with proper funding and real accountability," journalist and author Dan Morrison writes in an opinion piece in the New York Times' "Latitude" blog.

5 Feb 2013

WHO executive board meeting discusses global initiative to fund research of diseases that affect developing countries

"Hopes for a global convention aimed at kick starting research and development programs on diseases that particularly affect developing countries have been reignited after a meeting of the World Health Organization's executive board," BMJ reports.

5 Feb 2013

Combined strategy needed to combat TB in Nunavut

A combined strategy is needed to combat tuberculosis in Nunavut where the rate is 66 times higher than in the general Canadian population, states a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

5 Feb 2013

Ahead of World Cancer Day, WHO survey shows half of all countries struggle to prevent cancer, provide long-term treatment

"Ahead of World Cancer Day, the United Nations health agency Friday launched a survey showing that more than half of all countries are struggling to prevent cancer and to provide appropriate long-term treatment and care to avoid human suffering and protect countries' social and economic development," the U.N. News Centre reports.

5 Feb 2013

Applications now being accepted for ACMA’s Social Work Case Management Fellowship program

Applications are now being accepted for the American Case Management Association's (ACMA) 2013 Social Work Case Management Fellowship program.

5 Feb 2013

AAPOS committee revises guidelines for automated preschool vision screening

The Vision Screening Committee of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the professional organization for pediatric eye care, has revised its guidelines for automated preschool vision screening based on new evidence. The new guidelines are published in the February issue of the Journal of AAPOS.

5 Feb 2013

Survey: 62% of newly graduated nurses will have trouble finding jobs in the next year

62% of newly graduated nurses will have trouble finding jobs in the next year, according to a survey conducted by Nursing Degree.org, a leading nursing education and career portal. The study surveyed Registered Nurses who had graduated in the last two years. Most of the students surveyed indicated that they had trouble finding a full time job in their field, or were not working in the field of nursing at all, despite their qualifications.

4 Feb 2013

ZirMed releases Clinical Link for healthcare providers

ZirMed, Inc. announces the release of a secure, national information exchange for healthcare providers. The innovative solution, called ZirMed Clinical Link harnesses the power of ZirMed's connected network of healthcare providers facilitating secure provider-to-provider communications from any EMR or information management system via ZirMed's software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform.

4 Feb 2013

Viewpoints: Obama's 'olive branch' on birth control coverage; Sen. Kirk recounts his stroke therapy; Nurses oppose mandatory flu shots

The Obama administration released the final details Friday of the exemption it will provide religious-affiliated employers from the requirement to include free birth control in employees' insurance policies. Not surprisingly, the announcement didn't seem to mollify any of the critics who'd been arguing that the exemption was inadequate.

4 Feb 2013

Certified IPs more likely to perceive evidence behind infection prevention practices

There is general agreement among hospital infection preventionists (IPs) with respect to which practices have weak or strong evidence supporting their use to prevent healthcare-associated infection, according to a new study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

4 Feb 2013

WHO issues new guidance on sodium intake

"The World Health Organization (WHO) has for the first time recommended limits on children's daily consumption of sodium which it hoped would help in the global fight against diet-related diseases becoming chronic among all populations," Reuters reports, adding, "The guidelines vary depending on the child's size, age and energy needs, and apply to children over the age of two."

3 Feb 2013

Sperling: Obama 2014 budget won't cut Medicaid

White House economics adviser Gene Sperling also told a gathering at a conference sponsored by Families USA that GOP efforts to transform the program into a block grant would be an "attack."

3 Feb 2013

NYUCD to introduce inaugural issue of Journal of the Academy of Distinguished Educators

New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) is delighted to introduce the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Academy of Distinguished Educators (JADE), published by NYUCD.

3 Feb 2013

Health sector emerges as major new jobs creator

Since the recession hit in late 2007, a huge proportion of the new jobs have been in the health sector - hospitals, doctors' offices and nursing homes. All along, those jobs have been rising at a steady clip, while jobs in all other sectors have seen more dismal performance.

3 Feb 2013

Democrats appear unlikely to cut Medicaid funding

Los Angeles Times reports that healthcare programs for the poor seem secure in any upcoming budget battles. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says efforts to fix the fiscal problems will have to include new revenues and can't just be cuts in spending.

3 Feb 2013

Healthcare News

MSF claims aid for vaccines subsidizing pharmaceutical companies, Guardian reports

India's success in fighting polio shows what country is capable of with proper funding, accountability

WHO executive board meeting discusses global initiative to fund research of diseases that affect developing countries

Combined strategy needed to combat TB in Nunavut

Ahead of World Cancer Day, WHO survey shows half of all countries struggle to prevent cancer, provide long-term treatment

Applications now being accepted for ACMA’s Social Work Case Management Fellowship program

AAPOS committee revises guidelines for automated preschool vision screening

Survey: 62% of newly graduated nurses will have trouble finding jobs in the next year

ZirMed releases Clinical Link for healthcare providers

Viewpoints: Obama's 'olive branch' on birth control coverage; Sen. Kirk recounts his stroke therapy; Nurses oppose mandatory flu shots

Certified IPs more likely to perceive evidence behind infection prevention practices

WHO issues new guidance on sodium intake

Sperling: Obama 2014 budget won't cut Medicaid

NYUCD to introduce inaugural issue of Journal of the Academy of Distinguished Educators

Health sector emerges as major new jobs creator

Democrats appear unlikely to cut Medicaid funding

Mental health efforts in gun debate are raising concerns

Study examines mental health of 376 Ugandan workers at 21 humanitarian aid agencies

Science reports on reform in China's health care system

Health law counts new allies, all-time high support in Calif.

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

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