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IAS president will use AIDS 2012 to say 'thank you' to U.S. for contributions to HIV/AIDS battle

Elly Katabira, president of the International AIDS Society and co-chair of the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), said he will use the conference as an occasion to say "thank you" to the U.S., VOA News reports.

29 Jun 2012

Gates Foundation plans to invest in biotech companies to improve global access to treatments, vaccines for infectious diseases

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "plans to take equity stakes in up to a dozen biotech companies this year, signaling a shift towards a 'venture capital' approach at the world's biggest philanthropic organization" and "marking a further move away from its traditional approach of grant-giving and towards a more business-oriented way to support the development of treatments and vaccines for infectious diseases affecting the world's poor," the Financial Times reports.

29 Jun 2012

U.N. High Level Task Force on Global Food Security to shift focus to 'Zero Hunger Challenge' initiative

"In the wake of the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's High Level Task Force on Global Food Security will be reoriented to focus on a new initiative as part of its efforts to ensure a coherent U.N. system approach to the issue of food and nutrition security," the U.N. News Centre reports.

29 Jun 2012

Decision anticipation stirs politics

On the campaign trail, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney takes a hard line against the heatlh law, saying it needs to be undone no matter what the court determines. But on the eve of the expected high court ruling, a 2006 video emerged in which then-Gov. Romney embraced the individual mandate as part of Massachusetts' state reforms. Meanwhile, the court's finding is expected to become a fund-raising boon for both presidential candidates.

29 Jun 2012

Evolution of Advanced IVDs Conference to take place on September 19-20, 2012

IVD Technology Magazine announces the Evolution of Advanced IVDs Conference on September 19-20, 2012 at the San Diego Convention Center.

29 Jun 2012

Calif. Gov. signs budget

Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill shortly before a midnight deadline. The legislature also passed a measure that kills the Healthy Families medical insurance program and moves nearly 900,000 low-income children to Medi-Cal.

29 Jun 2012

Unibased announces availability of ForSite2020 solution suite with Microsoft Outlook 2010

Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) announced the availability of the integration of its award-winning ForSite2020 solution suite with Microsoft Outlook 2010 for healthcare scheduling and resource management.

29 Jun 2012

Rio+20 outcome document lacks commitment to NCDs

In this post in Management Sciences for Health's (MSH) "Global Health Impact" blog, Sara Holtz, a senior technical officer at MSH, reports on the 53-page outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last week.

29 Jun 2012

More than 40,000 student athletes in Arizona receive Mayo Clinic baseline concussion testing

More than 40,000 student athletes in Arizona have taken advantage of computerized baseline concussion evaluations offered by Mayo Clinic in the program's first year. That amounts to nearly 40 percent of the state's roughly 100,000 high school athletes. Baseline concussion evaluations measure how the brain is working before injury, and are mandatory tests for professional and college athletes.

29 Jun 2012

Roundup of recent polls shows health law continues to be polarizing

Polls around the nation have examined opinions on the health care law in advance of the Supreme Court's ruling and the presidential election. One poll finds the same percentage of people are dissatisfied with the health law as are dissatisfied with the health care system.

29 Jun 2012

New York Times Magazine profiles U.S. Secretary of State Clinton's tenure

The New York Times Magazine profiles U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her tenure at the State Department. The article begins by describing a partnership she announced in September 2010 with the U.N. Foundation "to provide 100 million cleaner and more efficient stoves around the world by 2020," and states that "she has since used every opportunity to implore world leaders to adopt policies to encourage their use."

29 Jun 2012

For different states, high court's ruling will have very different meanings

In advance of the decision, some Democratic-led states vow to press forward with various health law provisions regardless of what the court rules, while officials in some Republican-led states say they will hold off on implementation even if the law gets a green light.

29 Jun 2012

Obama's presidential legacy linked to Supreme Court's health law verdict

Overhauling the nation's health system has been the president's most significant legislative achievement. As a result, the Court's decision will also reflect on his effectiveness as a leader. Meanwhile, news outlets report on the White House's preparations for the decision.

29 Jun 2012

GOP leaders react to ruling by renewing pledges to repeal the health law

From Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to key House and Senate leaders, the call to repeal the sweeping health overhaul came loud and clear in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision largely upholding it.

29 Jun 2012

Gluten-free diet may not be a good choice for everyone

One of the latest trends in the food market and among celebrities is going gluten-free. Snack giant Frito-Lay has announced it will introduce new gluten-free labels and products, and Miley Cyrus has credited her recent weight loss to a gluten-free diet.

29 Jun 2012

Viewpoints: The moral underpinning of the health law; Mandate may not be critical

There was a reason - a pretty noble one, in fact - behind Obamacare, as well as several earlier proposals, Democratic and Republican, to overhaul the health-care system. As the president put it in 2009, providing near-universal coverage for Americans is "a core ethical and moral obligation." That hasn't come up much recently, as soothsayers of all stripes have been predicting how the Supreme Court will rule shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday.

29 Jun 2012

Health worker training programs working to improve women's health in Afghanistan

"Women in Afghanistan are 70 times more likely to die in childbirth than from a bullet or a bomb, according to Save the Children," CNN reports, adding that is "a grim statistic the women here are trying to change."

29 Jun 2012

ACR updates 39 appropriateness criteria topics and adds five new criteria

New and updated evidence-based guidelines to help health care providers choose the most appropriate medical imaging exam or radiation therapy for a patient's clinical condition are now available via the latest version of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria.

29 Jun 2012

Setting the scene: The Supreme Court's health law ruling

With a ruling expected soon after the justices take the bench at 10 a.m., speculation focuses not only on what its various elements will be, but how the various players will spin them.

29 Jun 2012

Stanford Medical School comment on Supreme Court ruling on health-care reform law

Today’s Supreme Court ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 advances the broad effort to extend health-care coverage and control medical costs, though it raises questions about how certain provisions of the policy will be implemented, Stanford University School of Medicine experts said. Here are some initial comments on the court’s landmark decision.

29 Jun 2012

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IAS president will use AIDS 2012 to say 'thank you' to U.S. for contributions to HIV/AIDS battle

Gates Foundation plans to invest in biotech companies to improve global access to treatments, vaccines for infectious diseases

U.N. High Level Task Force on Global Food Security to shift focus to 'Zero Hunger Challenge' initiative

Decision anticipation stirs politics

Evolution of Advanced IVDs Conference to take place on September 19-20, 2012

Calif. Gov. signs budget

Unibased announces availability of ForSite2020 solution suite with Microsoft Outlook 2010

Rio+20 outcome document lacks commitment to NCDs

More than 40,000 student athletes in Arizona receive Mayo Clinic baseline concussion testing

Roundup of recent polls shows health law continues to be polarizing

New York Times Magazine profiles U.S. Secretary of State Clinton's tenure

For different states, high court's ruling will have very different meanings

Obama's presidential legacy linked to Supreme Court's health law verdict

GOP leaders react to ruling by renewing pledges to repeal the health law

Gluten-free diet may not be a good choice for everyone

Viewpoints: The moral underpinning of the health law; Mandate may not be critical

Health worker training programs working to improve women's health in Afghanistan

ACR updates 39 appropriateness criteria topics and adds five new criteria

Setting the scene: The Supreme Court's health law ruling

Stanford Medical School comment on Supreme Court ruling on health-care reform law

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