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Feds issue letter on hepatitis B discrimination
By Ashok Selvam | June 13, 2013
Reacting to a settlement in March over the rejection of two medical school students who have hepatitis B, HHS and the Justice and Education departments have sent letters to medical, dental and nursing schools to emphasize updated nondiscrimination policies released by the Centers for Disease...
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FDA finds fungus in drugs from Tennessee pharmacy
By Matthew Perrone / Associated Press | June 08, 2013
Federal health officials say they have found bacteria and fungus in drug vials from a Tennessee specialty pharmacy that recalled all of its injectable medicines last month.
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Oregon Senate passes bill on vaccination education
By Lauren Gambino / Associated Press | June 08, 2013
A bill that is intended to persuade more Oregon parents to take their kids to doctors for shots and get over their mistrust of conventional medicine has taken a big step in the Legislature with passage by the state Senate.
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Uninsured most vulnerable to financial strain
By Melanie Evans | June 04, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The financial strain of getting sick or injured leaves roughly one out of five U.S. households with medical debt, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show.
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HAIs on the downswing | Progress made, but new strategies may be needed
By Jaimy Lee | June 01, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Prodded by federal and state regulations, hospitals have made significant strides to combat hospital-acquired infections. Even so, some say more work needs to be done to address infections that occur outside the intensive-care unit and that hospitals should...
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FDA slaps regs on fecal transplants | Increased steps for C. diff treatment draw mixed reactions from providers
By Maureen McKinney | May 25, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
When Dr. Michael Edmond learned that the Food and Drug Administration had tightened its regulations governing fecal transplants, he promptly canceled 10 scheduled appointments for the procedure.
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Up to 20% of kids experience mental disorders: CDC report
By Jessica Zigmond | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Up to 1 in 5 children living in the U.S. have mental disorders, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about $247 billion is spent on children's mental health each year.
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CDC to study use of mobile tech in surveys
By Joseph Conn | April 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will pilot test the efficacy of using basic text messages via mobile phones and Web-based messages via smartphones in public health surveillance for programs such as smoking cessation, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.
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The high cost of unaffordable prescriptions
By MSN Money | April 10, 2013
America might soon find out what the ultimate cost of prescription drugs will mean for the country: more sick people, many of them uninsured and poor, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC probes mystery of rabies transplant survivors
By Associated Press | April 03, 2013
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to understand why three of the four people who got organs from a rabies-infected donor in 2011 didn't develop the disease, the agency's top rabies expert said Wednesday.
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