In Ethiopia, where more than 1.2 million people are infected with HIV, disclosure of infection by patients is important in the fight against the disease. A new study led by a Brown sociology researcher investigates HIV-positive status disclosure rates among men and women in Africa's second most...
A Colorado School of Public Health researcher has found that laws designed to illuminate financial links between doctors and pharmaceutical companies have little or no effect on what drugs physicians prescribe. "If the policymakers who passed these measures were hoping for a deterrent effect...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) policy on disclosure of adverse medical events was praised as a "valuable resource for all health care institutions" in an article in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "At VA we strive every day to deliver superior health care,"...
The Hill: Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas, is endorsing two Republican plans to require hospitals disclose their prices while other Democrats are pushing a much broader bill in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Green "hopes to bring other Democrats with him, arguing a scaled-down approach...
The Montgomery County, Md., County Council should reject "flawed" legislation "meant to target inaccuracies allegedly peddled by pregnancy centers that try to steer women away from abortion," a Washington Post editorial states.
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In today's media, you can't find an image of a person that hasn't gone through some level of Photoshop manipulation. But France may decide that any such images need a disclosure, just like a cigarette ad.
If the proposed law passes that, incidentally, is currently supported by over 50...