Soon, cancer drugs at half-price from govt outlets? The Times Of India NEW DELHI: In a first-ever initiative to bring down prices of expensive cancer medication, the government plans to retail them through its ‘Jan Aushadhi’ stores, which offer essential ‘unbranded’ drugs at discounted rates. It has already initiated talks with domestic pharma companies to proc...
UN cuts off free medicine to Haitian hospitals it says have been charging KDVR PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations warned Monday that it will cut off shipments of free medicine to Haitian hospitals that charge patients, saying it had learned some are levying fees for drugs. | When the catastrophic earthquake struck Jan. 12, authorities immediately decided to ...
UN: Some Haitian Hospitals Are Charging Patients CBS News UN Cuts Off Free Medicine To Haitian Hospitals It Says Have Been Charging | Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The United Nations warned Monday that it will cut off shipments of free medicine to Haitian hospitals that char...
Bills Stalled, Hospitals Fear Rising Unpaid Care The New York Times | President Obama says he aims to keep trying. But what happens if the health care legislation cannot be revived, and tens of millions of uninsured Americans continue without coverage? | For the nation's hospitals, at least, the cost of doing nothing...
UN: some Haitian hospitals are charging patients The Guardian | FRANK BAJAK | Associated Press Writer= PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations warned Monday that it will cut off shipments of free medicine to Haitian hospitals that charge patients, saying it had learned some are levying fees for drugs....
Man jumps from hospital building The Hindu | Staff Correspondent | MYSORE: A man allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of a private hospital around 6 a.m. here on Monday. The police gave the name of the deceased as Mahadevaiah (45) of T. Narsipur taluk. | Mahadevaiah, wh...
UN: some Haitian hospitals are charging patients Houston Chronicle | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The United Nations warned Monday that it will cut off shipments of free medicine to Haitian hospitals that charge patients, saying it had learned some are levying fees for drugs. | When the catastrophic earthquake struck Jan...
UN: some Haitian hospitals are charging patients The Boston Globe | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-The United Nations warned Monday that it will cut off shipments of free medicine to Haitian hospitals that charge patients, saying it had learned some are levying fees for drugs. | When the catastrophic earthquake struck Jan. ...
Business Highlights The News & Observer | Reports: Toyota plans to recall 300,000 Priuses | TOKYO (AP) - Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and is likely to notify both the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, news reports said, as a top exe...
Millions at risk if AIDS focus fades, says expert China Daily | LONDON - Global attention is turning away from the AIDS epidemic at just the wrong time and means a fresh wave of the disease could infect millions of people in high-risk countries, a leading expert said Friday. | Alan Whiteside, director of the health economics & HIV/AIDS research division (HEARD) at Kwazulu Natal University said many Africa...
Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests Houston Chronicle | WASHINGTON - A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn - is facing an ethics attack. | After those tiny blood spots are tested for a list of devastating diseases, some states are storing them for years. Scientists consider the leftover samples a treasure, both to improve newborn screening and to study big...