Louisiana's Charity Hospitals Need $35M To Continue Services At Current Levels Louisiana's Charity Hospitals will have to begin cutting services this summer unless the state Legislature provides them with an additional $35 million, Louisiana State University officials told the state Senate Finance Committee on Monday, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUNISON Nurses Call For Local Action Over Rising Fuel Costs, UK Angry nurses, who need their cars to visit patients, are demanding a rise in their fuel allowance to help cover the huge hike in petrol and diesel costs. UNISON, the UK's largest
health union, has written to more than 400
health branches urging them to secure local agreements, following the rejection of demands nationally.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comU.S. Immigration Policy Irrational When U.S.-Born Physicians Are In 'Short Supply,' Editorial States "Thanks to the nation's dysfunctional immigration system and the dysfunctional Congress that keeps it that way, tens of thousands of promising, intelligent, ambitious and highly skilled foreign professionals ... will be denied a chance to contribute their expertise and energy to the American economy," a Washington Post editorial states.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDiscrimination, Stigma Against MSM Hindering HIV/AIDS Programs In Senegal, Globe And Mail Reports The Globe and Mail on Tuesday examined how "state-sponsored" discrimination and stigma against men who have sex in men in Senegal has "shattered" HIV/AIDS programs aimed at the high-risk group. According to studies conducted by researchers at a university in the capital of Dakar in conjunction with local MSM , about 20% of Senegalese MSM are HIV-positive, compared with 0.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBlack Physicians, Those Who Treat Minority Patients Key In Addressing Minority Health Disparities, Opinion Piece Says "Ethnic
health disparities are nothing new. What's concerning is that despite federal initiatives, ...
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSHM Unveils Hospital Medicine 2008 Video Library The Society of Hospital
Medicine (SHM) unveiled its Hospital
Medicine 2008 video archives. Over 40 video presentations from the Society's 2008 Annual Meeting, held this past April in San Diego, are available online.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInformation Session For Owners Of Backyard Poultry Flocks In New Brunswick And Prince Edward Island, Canada The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the province of New Brunswick and the province of Prince Edward Island invite owners of small or backyard poultry flocks to attend an information session on how to help prevent and detect poultry diseases, such as avian influenza. New BrunswickArea bird owners and the general public are welcome to drop in from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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