Medicare won't pay hospitals for errors (AP) AP - It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail.
Source: news.yahoo.comDead poultry raises bird flu alarm in Vietnam (Reuters) 
Reuters - Dead poultry have been found in rivers and streams in northern Vietnam, a sign of a possible new bird flu outbreak during a prolonged cold spell, officials said on Tuesday.
Source: news.yahoo.comChina reports bird flu outbreak in Tibet, human death (AFP) 
AFP - Chinese authorities on Tuesday reported a fresh bird flu outbreak among poultry in Tibet, a day after confirming a 22-year-old man in central China had died of the deadly virus.
Source: news.yahoo.comStudy: Gel fails to stop HIV infection (AP) 
AP - The first anti-AIDS vaginal gel to make it through late-stage testing failed to stop HIV infection in a study of 6,000 South African women, disappointed researchers announced Monday.
Source: news.yahoo.com2 Mutations Were Critical to Spread of 1918 Flu (HealthDay) HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 19 (
HealthDay News) -- New research on the spread of the 1918 influenza virus, which killed more than 50 million people worldwide, may aid research into today's potentially dangerous bird flu strain, scientists say.
Source: news.yahoo.comGlaxo cuts HIV drug prices for poor countries (Reuters) Reuters - GlaxoSmithKline Plc cut the prices on its range of HIV
drugs offered to developing countries, marking the fifth such discount since 1997.
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