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Airborne Environments[Image: An Airbus A380, photographed by Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse for Getty Images, via the New York Times].Marc Newson's "retro-futurist" interior design for the new A380 super-jumbo airplane, to be run by Qantas, was the subject of an interesting article in the New York Times wr... |
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Medicare overpaid for prescription drugs with new generic versions because of delay in incorporating new prices into payment calculationsMedicare overpaid for irinotecan, a cancer drug sold by Pfizer under the name Campostar, by $6.5 million in March because of a delay in updating its pricing formula, according to a report released on Tuesday by the HHS Office of Inspector General, Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times reports. ... |
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WSJ examines concerns over large not-for-profit hospital system in southwestern VirginiaThe Wall Street Journal on Thursday profiled Carilion Health System, a large not-for-profit hospital system in southwestern Virginia that critics maintain has created a monopoly on health care services in the area. ... |
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Infectious Disease Research Institute receives $6.3 million NIAID grant to study TB vaccineSeattle's Infectious Disease Research Institute on Tuesday announced it has received a $6.3 million grant from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study a new tuberculosis vaccine, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports (Puget Sound Business Journal, 8/27). ... |
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy might increase risk of asthma in young childrenHighly active antiretroviral therapy might increase the risk of asthma among children because of the therapy's effect on the immune system and CD4+ T cell levels, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Reuters reports. ... |
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Uganda facing challenges with its efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmissionMother-to-child HIV transmission rates remain high in Uganda, despite services made available by the government to prevent MTCT, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Government figures estimate 20,000 children contract the virus annually, accounting for 42% of all new cases in the country, according to IRIN/Pl... |
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