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California budget impasse could affect health services

California's budget impasse -- the longest in state history -- could force health care providers across the state to stop services if an agreement is not reached soon, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

10 Sep 2008

Massachusetts' proposed rule could lead to Federal lawsuit, Partners HealthCare warns

Massachusetts' largest private employer Partners HealthCare on Friday warned that the state could face a federal lawsuit if it implements a proposed rule to increase some companies' contributions to their workers' health coverage, the Boston Globe reports.

10 Sep 2008

Personal DNA scanning service 23andMe drops price to $399

Personal DNA scanning service 23andMe on Tuesday is scheduled to announce that it is lowering the price of its gene-mapping service from $999 to $399 in order to attract more customers and expand its database of individual genetic profiles to bolster medical research, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

10 Sep 2008

AP/Houston Chronicle examines telepharmacies in North Dakota

The AP/Houston Chronicle on Saturday examined telepharmacies -- virtual pharmacy systems located in rural drug stores -- in North Dakota.

10 Sep 2008

Boston Globe examines imprisonment of two HIV/AIDS physicians, brothers In Iran

State Department officials and former students at Harvard University's School of Public Health believe Iranian physicians -- brothers Kamiar and Arash Alaei -- have been arrested and accused of using their work on HIV/AIDS worldwide to destabilize Iran's government, the Boston Globe reports.

10 Sep 2008

Eastern Virginia Medical School receives $100 million grant from USAID for microbicide research

Eastern Virginia Medical School on Monday announced that it has received a $100 million grant from USAID for microbicide research through its CONRAD program, the Virginian-Pilot reports.

10 Sep 2008

Counterfeit drugs for malaria, other diseases threaten public health, WHO Director-General Chan says

The increasing availability of counterfeit drugs for malaria and other diseases poses a threat to public health, and governments must take action to supply affordable and effective treatments, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan said Monday at the 26th Southeast Asia Region Health Ministers Meeting in New Delhi, Bernama/Daily Malaysian News reports.

10 Sep 2008

U.N. Secretary-General calls for increased attention to connection between literacy, health, including HIV/AIDS

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on International Literacy Day on Monday called for increased attention to the connection between literacy and health, including HIV/AIDS issues, Xinhuanet reports.

10 Sep 2008

Swaziland holds celebrations for King's birthday, independence; advocates call for increased social spending, other reforms

Swaziland on Saturday held celebrations for King Mswati's 40th birthday and the country's 40th year of independence -- an "extravaganza that contrasted sharply with the biting poverty" of the country -- the AP/Chicago Tribune reports.

10 Sep 2008

Southern Sudan government passes resolution to bolster fight against HIV/AIDS

The Council of Ministers in southern Sudan on Friday passed a resolution to streamline HIV/AIDS programs at all ministries and independent commissions, as well as at the state level, the Sudan Tribune reports.

10 Sep 2008

Houston Chronicle examines Baylor pediatric HIV/AIDS program in Burkina Faso

The Houston Chronicle on Saturday examined the Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatric AIDS Initiative in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

10 Sep 2008

Second phase of TB program that integrates HIV treatment begins in Harare, Zimbabwe

The second phase of the Integrated Health Care program to control tuberculosis has been implemented in Zimbabwe's capital of Harare, the Herald reports.

10 Sep 2008

Suicide rate among young male veterans reaches record high in 2006

The suicide rate among young male veterans who served during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan reached a record high in 2006, the latest year for which records are available, according to data released on Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs, USA Today reports.

10 Sep 2008

Employment rates, economic factors could decrease access to employer-sponsored health coverage for workers younger than age 65, according to EBRI analysis with the same conditions

The percentage of U.S. residents younger than age 65 who had health coverage through their employer remained at 62.2% between 2006 and 2007, but that percentage likely will decline in 2008, according to a Employee Benefit Research Institute report, the Kansas City Star reports.

10 Sep 2008

Risk assessment tool finds that blacks with breathing conditions have higher risk for developing lung cancer than whites

Blacks with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- including chronic bronchitis and some types of serious chronic asthma -- have a risk for developing lung cancer about twice as high as that of whites with the condition, according to a study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, Reuters reports.

10 Sep 2008

The Hill examines Presidential candidates' positions on prescription drug issues

The Hill on Tuesday examined how Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) are perceived by the drug and biotech industries.

10 Sep 2008

Black clergy 'committed' to addressing HIV/AIDS epidemic in community, opinion piece says

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram's "recent series on HIV/AIDS accuses [black clergy] of being unaware, inert and unconcerned about the AIDS pandemic" and did not note a "very important truth: The church is changing in response to this challenge, and people of faith are making a difference," Valda Jean Combs, a local pastor who heads the FullProof HIV Ministry, writes in a Star-Telegram opinion piece.

10 Sep 2008

Broad coalition of industry, not-for-profit groups push for passage of health IT legislation

The Health IT Now! Coalition on Tuesday will release a joint letter to House and Senate members urging them to redouble efforts to pass legislation for the creation of a nationwide electronic health records system, CongressDaily reports.

10 Sep 2008

Cryopreservation techniques bring hopes for women cancer victims and endangered species

Emerging cryopreservation techniques are increasing hope of restoring fertility for women after diseases such as ovarian cancer that lead to destruction of reproductive tissue. The same techniques can also be used to maintain stocks of farm animals, and protect against extinction of endangered animal species by maintaining banks of ovarian tissue or even nascent embryos that can be used to produce offspring at some point in the future.

10 Sep 2008

GlaxoSmithKline and Cellzome announce major strategic alliance

Cellzome Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline have announced the signing of a worldwide strategic alliance to discover, develop and market novel kinase-targeted therapeutics to treat inflammatory diseases.

10 Sep 2008

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California budget impasse could affect health services

Massachusetts' proposed rule could lead to Federal lawsuit, Partners HealthCare warns

Personal DNA scanning service 23andMe drops price to $399

AP/Houston Chronicle examines telepharmacies in North Dakota

Boston Globe examines imprisonment of two HIV/AIDS physicians, brothers In Iran

Eastern Virginia Medical School receives $100 million grant from USAID for microbicide research

Counterfeit drugs for malaria, other diseases threaten public health, WHO Director-General Chan says

U.N. Secretary-General calls for increased attention to connection between literacy, health, including HIV/AIDS

Swaziland holds celebrations for King's birthday, independence; advocates call for increased social spending, other reforms

Southern Sudan government passes resolution to bolster fight against HIV/AIDS

Houston Chronicle examines Baylor pediatric HIV/AIDS program in Burkina Faso

Second phase of TB program that integrates HIV treatment begins in Harare, Zimbabwe

Suicide rate among young male veterans reaches record high in 2006

Employment rates, economic factors could decrease access to employer-sponsored health coverage for workers younger than age 65, according to EBRI analysis with the same conditions

Risk assessment tool finds that blacks with breathing conditions have higher risk for developing lung cancer than whites

The Hill examines Presidential candidates' positions on prescription drug issues

Black clergy 'committed' to addressing HIV/AIDS epidemic in community, opinion piece says

Broad coalition of industry, not-for-profit groups push for passage of health IT legislation

Cryopreservation techniques bring hopes for women cancer victims and endangered species

GlaxoSmithKline and Cellzome announce major strategic alliance

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Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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