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Biotech Career Fair Features Largest Employers In Life Sciences Industry
1820 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
The BIO Career Fair is hosted by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and BIOCOM, the membership organization representing 5,520 biotech companies in Southern California. Candidates will have the opportunity to meet with recruiters from many of the largest biotech companies. ... more
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Daubenton's Bat Tests Positive For European Bat Lyssavirus Type 2
1820 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
On May 7 2008 a Daubenton's bat in the South East of England tested positive for the presence of European Bat Lyssavirus (EBLV), a strain of rabies virus found in bats across Northern Europe. The strain is European Bat Lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2) and is closely related to the six EBLV-2 viruses isolated previously in bats in Great Britain since 1996. ... more
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Prescription Drug Ads Need More Oversight To Protect Patients
1820 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
The American Medical Association (AMA) called for better government oversight of prescription drug advertisements directed at consumers to protect patients from misleading information. ... more
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University Of Leicester To Lead Audit Of Adults With Autism, UK
1820 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
The University of Leicester is leading on a national study to calculate the number of adults with autism, it has been announced. ... more
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Senate Version Of Supplemental War Appropriations Bill Would Delay Medicaid Regulations, Increase FDA Funds
1822 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday plans to mark up a supplemental war appropriations bill that will include language to block for one year seven new Medicaid regulations proposed by the Bush administration, as well as additional funds for FDA, CQ Today reports (Higa, CQ Today, 5/7). ... more
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Rapid HIV Tests Highly Effective In Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission In India, Study Finds
1822 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
Rapid HIV tests have been found to be highly effective in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in clinical trials in India, according to a study published online Tuesday in PLoS Medicine, the Times of India reports (Sinha, Times of India, 5/7). For the study, the researchers used OraSure Technologies' OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test (Derfel, Montreal Gazette, 5/6). ... more
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Should Patients Be Allowed To Pay Top-up Fees To Acquire Certain Treatments?
1822 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
Should patients be allowed to purchase the treatment they want? UKIn the UK, some believe that patients should be allowed to purchase anytreatments that they want. This policy shift is debated between twoexperts in an article published on BMJ.com.The motivation for debate comes from a recent ruling regarding theAlzheimer's drug Aricept. ... more
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AIDS Orphan Advocates Call For Increased Community-Based Programs, Passage Of PEPFAR Bill
1824 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
Advocacy groups on Wednesday during a briefing about the millions of children worldwide who have lost one or both parents to AIDS called for an increase in community-based programs to assist AIDS orphans, as well as the passage of legislation to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, CQ HealthBeat reports (Cooley, CQ HealthBeat, 5/7). ... more
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Senate Finance Committee Discusses Offsets For Estimated $15M To $18M Cost Of Medicare Payment Delay; Bush Administration Requests June 16 Deadline
1824 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Wednesday said a Medicare package that would delay for 18 months a 10.6% cut to physician fees would cost between $15 billion and $18 billion over five years, prompting committee members to begin discussions on how to offset those costs, CQ Today reports (Wayne/Armstrong, CQ Today, 5/7).Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D. ... more
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Aid Flights To Proceed To Myanmar Tomorrow - World Food Programme
1824 hours ago
Source: Medical News Today
Statement by Nancy E. Roman, Director of Public Policy and Communications. "The World Food Programme has decided to send in two relief flights asplanned tomorrow, while discussions continue with the Government of Myanmaron the distribution of the food that was flown in today, and not releasedto WFP. ... more
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