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New York City public hospital system announces cuts targeting mental health, community clinics

New York City's public hospital system on Thursday said it will cut 400 jobs and close some children's mental health programs, pharmacies and community clinics that serve more than 11,000 residents, the New York Times reports.

23 Mar 2009

New JAMA policy says whistle-blowers should stay silent while conflict-of-interest investigations are ongoing

The Journal of the American Medical Association has announced that it will instruct anyone filing a complaint about potential conflicts of interest of a study author to refrain from contacting third parties or the media about the allegation until the journal investigates the matter, the Wall Street Journal reports.

23 Mar 2009

Some 'pharma' advocates want FDA split into two agencies

Some pharmaceutical industry officials and congressional lawmakers are pushing for splitting FDA into two agencies that would focus separately on food and medical products, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports.

23 Mar 2009

Obama's proposed FY 2010 budget would require nearly $9.3 trilion in borrowing over 10 years, according to CBO report

President Obama's $3.6 trillion fiscal year 2010 budget proposal would require borrowing nearly $9.3 trillion over the next decade, or $2.3 trillion more than the White House projected, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released on Friday, the Washington Post reports (Montgomery, Washington Post, 3/21).

23 Mar 2009

Reproductive health group in Cambodia reports increase in HIV testing among women

A report released on Monday by the Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia found that 40,587 women in the country underwent HIV tests in 2008 -- up from 38,660 who were tested in 2007 -- the Phnom Penh Post reports.

23 Mar 2009

Advocates, Vatican respond to Pope statement that condom distribution will not curb HIV/AIDS in Africa

Pope Benedict XVI's statement on Tuesday that condom distribution will not curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa has "sparked an international outcry" among HIV/AIDS advocates and prompted a response from the Vatican, AFP/Google.com reports (AFP/Google.com, 3/18).

23 Mar 2009

HIV testing campaign in launched Washington, D.C.

Mayor Adrian Fenty and top health officials in Washington, D.C., on Monday announced a new initiative aimed at increasing HIV testing in the city, the Washington Post reports. The testing campaign follows a report that found an HIV/AIDS prevalence of 3% in the district.

23 Mar 2009

Responses to Pope's statement on condoms, HIV/AIDS

Newspapers recently published editorials and opinion pieces responding to Pope Benedict XVI's recent statement that condom distribution will not curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa.

23 Mar 2009

Report on HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C., raising concerns among health officials in South Carolina

A recent report finding that HIV/AIDS prevalence in Washington, D.C., has reached 3% is "raising alarm bells" in South Carolina's Lowcountry region, the Charleston Post and Courier reports.

23 Mar 2009

Mozambican health officials advising HIV-positive women to breastfeed in some circumstances

Health officials in Mozambique are advising HIV-positive women to breastfeed their infants in certain circumstances, despite the risk of mother-to-child transmission of the virus, AIM/AllAfrica.com reports.

23 Mar 2009

Texas Senate approves bill to allow needle-exchange programs

The Texas Senate on Wednesday voted 23-7 to approve a bill (S.B. 188) that would allow local state health agencies to run needle-exchange programs to help curb the spread of HIV and other bloodborne diseases among injection drug users, the Dallas Morning News reports. Texas is the only state that currently prohibits needle-exchange programs, according to the Morning News.

23 Mar 2009

Record number of HIV diagnoses reported in New Zealand

New Zealand reported 184 HIV diagnoses last year, the highest on record, according to recently released statistics from University of Otago's AIDS Epidemiology Group, the NZPA/New Zealand Herald reports.

23 Mar 2009

U.S., South African scientists launch $60 million HIV/TB research initiative

Scientists from the U.S. Howard Hughes Medical Institute and South Africa's University of KwaZulu Natal on Wednesday announced the launch of a $60 million, 10-year initiative to establish a new research facility to examine the associations between HIV and tuberculosis, the Boston Globe reports.

23 Mar 2009

Kansas House Committee approves bill that would require HIV testing among pregnant women

The Kansas House Committee on Health and Human Services last week approved a bill (S.B. 147) that would require doctors to test pregnant women and some infants for HIV, the Kansas Health Institute News reports.

23 Mar 2009

Key trends 'lost amid alarm' over District of Columbia HIV/AIDS report

A recent report that showed an HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of about 3% in the District of Columbia "brought new attention to AIDS" in the city, but several "key trends shown in the report got lost amid the alarm," Washington Post reporter Craig Timberg writes in a recent article.

23 Mar 2009

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New York City public hospital system announces cuts targeting mental health, community clinics

New JAMA policy says whistle-blowers should stay silent while conflict-of-interest investigations are ongoing

Some 'pharma' advocates want FDA split into two agencies

Obama's proposed FY 2010 budget would require nearly $9.3 trilion in borrowing over 10 years, according to CBO report

Reproductive health group in Cambodia reports increase in HIV testing among women

Advocates, Vatican respond to Pope statement that condom distribution will not curb HIV/AIDS in Africa

HIV testing campaign in launched Washington, D.C.

Responses to Pope's statement on condoms, HIV/AIDS

Report on HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C., raising concerns among health officials in South Carolina

Mozambican health officials advising HIV-positive women to breastfeed in some circumstances

Texas Senate approves bill to allow needle-exchange programs

Record number of HIV diagnoses reported in New Zealand

U.S., South African scientists launch $60 million HIV/TB research initiative

Kansas House Committee approves bill that would require HIV testing among pregnant women

Key trends 'lost amid alarm' over District of Columbia HIV/AIDS report

Christian Science Monitor examines effect of economy on U.S. foreign aid targets

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On demand doctor's appointments do not improve diabetes care

Alcohol flush signals increased cancer risk among east Asians

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Reimagining light scattering for biotherapeutics

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