The Florida Biomedical Research Program has awarded $2 million in biomedical research grants to three scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute...
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A New Jersey bill would restore millions of dollars to family planning clinics after Gov. Christie cut the funding from the state budget. Meanwhile, Louisiana Gov. Jindal signed a law that gives the state health secretary the power to suspend abortion clinics' licenses. Summaries appear below. ~...
Canadian Prime Minister Should Use G8 To Press For Global Health Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper "can use the relatively intimate setting of the G8's Muskoka meeting to press for a renewal of the G8's commitment to better health for Africans, and help the developed world be truly...
Washington Examiner: "Lawmakers in Virginia and Maryland are bracing for a congressional impasse over millions of dollars in health care funding that threatens to thrust both states into the red. The Medicaid funding is set to expire in January, and a measure to extend it is stalled in the...
Washington Examiner: "Lawmakers in Virginia and Maryland are bracing for a congressional impasse over millions of dollars in health care funding that threatens to thrust both states into the red. The Medicaid funding is set to expire in January, and a measure to extend it is stalled in the...
Washington Examiner: "Lawmakers in Virginia and Maryland are bracing for a congressional impasse over millions of dollars in health care funding that threatens to thrust both states into the red. The Medicaid funding is set to expire in January, and a measure to extend it is stalled in the...
Washington Examiner: "Lawmakers in Virginia and Maryland are bracing for a congressional impasse over millions of dollars in health care funding that threatens to thrust both states into the red. The Medicaid funding is set to expire in January, and a measure to extend it is stalled in the...
Washington Examiner: "Lawmakers in Virginia and Maryland are bracing for a congressional impasse over millions of dollars in health care funding that threatens to thrust both states into the red. The Medicaid funding is set to expire in January, and a measure to extend it is stalled in the...
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ Blogs Discuss FDA Hearing on Emergency Contraceptive: Several women's health groups issued statements praising an FDA advisory panel's recommendation that a new emergency contraceptive method -- called "ella" -- is safe and...
The Boston Globe: "The Massachusetts delegation sent letters yesterday to House and Senate leaders urging them to support an extension of Medicaid funding that officials in Massachusetts and other states say is vital to prevent drastic cuts in services and increases in layoffs." Newly elected...
The (Allentown, Penn.) Morning Call: Beginning next year, doctors and hospitals that share computerized medical records "including a list of prescriptions, drug allergies, doctor visits, and test results - will qualify for a share of $1.5 billion in incentives from the federal government. By...
The (Allentown, Penn.) Morning Call: Beginning next year, doctors and hospitals that share computerized medical records "including a list of prescriptions, drug allergies, doctor visits, and test results - will qualify for a share of $1.5 billion in incentives from the federal government. By...
Global funding for malaria reached $1.7 billion in 2009, a "ten-fold" increase since 2004, and the production of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) worldwide rose to 150 million last year, according to a report, released Monday, from UNICEF and the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership, which also...
Global funding for malaria reached $1.7 billion in 2009, a "ten-fold" increase since 2004, and the production of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) worldwide rose to 150 million last year, according to a report, released Monday, from UNICEF and the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership, which also...
was just wondering if its going toward equipment? or something else? to date the iraq and afghanistan wars are costing around 1 trillion dollars. Is equipment that expensive? maybe i'm just ignorant.
"Dozens of countries are unlikely to meet" the Millennium Development Goal targets related to maternal and child health without a new strategy and an additional $20 billion each year, according to a report released Tuesday, the Canadian Press reports (Lederer, 4/14). The analysis - prepared...
Kickstarter. Is. Awesome. The website provides a great fundraising platform for all kinds of initiatives – from musicians trying to record their first CD to volunteer groups raising money to combat hunger. Groups propose an idea, state a fundraising goal and deadline date, and wait for...
Kickstarter. Is. Awesome. The website provides a great fundraising platform for all kinds of initiatives – from musicians trying to record their first CD to volunteer groups raising money to combat hunger. Groups propose an idea, state a fundraising goal and deadline date, and wait for...
Kickstarter. Is. Awesome. The website provides a great fundraising platform for all kinds of initiatives – from musicians trying to record their first CD to volunteer groups raising money to combat hunger. Groups propose an idea, state a fundraising goal and deadline date, and wait for...