In a decision that places cost concerns above public health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rejected a petition filed by a coalition of health and consumer groups calling for the agency to strengthen standards for genetic testing laboratories.
The news today that an additional 2.2 million people in the U.S. lost health insurance coverage in 2006 is a shameful reflection of national priorities. Each year the release of new figures by the U.S. Census Bureau highlights the scope and severity of this problem, and yet the situation changes very little.
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) has launched a new national television ad campaign reminding Congress about the devastating impact on seniors of cuts to Medicare Advantage.
Avastin (bevacizumab), Roche’s innovative anti-cancer drug, was approved today in Europe for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy.
A groundbreaking coalition aiming to build, strengthen, and increase interventions addressing HIVrelated vulnerabilities of men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Asia and Pacific region was launched at the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and Pacific (8th ICAAP).
A new poll released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that Americans overwhelmingly support the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides states with federal funds to design health insurance programs for vulnerable children.
Adult women are more than twice as likely to know how much they weighed in high school as they are to know their current cholesterol number, and only half of women have had their cholesterol tested in the past year, according to the results of a nationwide survey released.
With the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) set to expire Sept. 30, experts say that unless Congress and the White House reauthorize the program and agree on its funding, coverage for vulnerable children nationwide will be in jeopardy.
Novartis announced today the availability in the US of the first shipments of Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine for the 2007/08 season.
Most American adults don’t exercise enough, but updated national guidelines for physical fitness allow for flexibility and will make it easier to determine how much is enough to maintain good health, according to Health Fitness Corporation (HFC) (OTC Bulletin Board: HFIT), a national leader in worksite health management.