UN: 4 million on AIDS drugs, others still in need (AP)
September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AP - About 4 million people are now getting AIDS drugs worldwide ? a 10-fold jump in five years ? but 5 million others are still in dire need of the medicine, U.N. health officials estimated in a report issued Wednesday.
Source:UN: 4 million on AIDS drugs, others still in need
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White House announces $5 billion in grants for medical research (AP)
September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AP - Calling scientific research a job-creating engine, President Barack Obama heralded $5 billion in new government grants Wednesday to fight cancer, autism and heart disease while boosting the economy.
Source:White House announces $5 billion in grants for medical research
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U.N. says millions still lack access to AIDS drugs (Reuters)
September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Reuters - More than half of the 9.5 million people who need AIDS drugs cannot get them and 33 million people across the world are still infected with the virus that causes it, a United Nations report said on Wednesday.
Source:U.N. says millions still lack access to AIDS drugs
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Work begins on national e-health record network (AP)
September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AP - Dr. James E. Sanders is a big believer of switching patient records from old paper files to sophisticated computer databases.
Source:Work begins on national e-health record network
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NY, California, Washington state sued over Medicaid (Reuters)
September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Reuters - New York, California and Washington State were sued on Wednesday by drug store groups that charged the states’ Medicaid programs failed to pay them enough for providing prescription drugs.
Source:NY, California, Washington state sued over Medicaid
(Reuters)