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ISU plans events to commemorate World AIDS Day Indiana Statesman Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:01 PM PST By: Katie Clark Student Health Promotion, PHACT (Promoting Health Across Campus Together!), and the Union Board are sponsoring ISU's World AIDS Day event. ... 2 Your Health:Life saving Lipitor going generic on Thursday WCBD-TV Charleston Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:58 PM PST Life saving Lipitor is about to become cheaper for patients. Starting this coming Thursday most copayments for Lipitor and its generic will drop from $25 per month to a generic copayment of $10 -- for an average savings of $180 dollars per year. ‘Family planning yet to find place in curriculum’ Dawn Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:56 PM PST KARACHI, Nov 29: Despite the urgency to improve the country’s poor reproductive health indicators, most medical and nursing schools have yet to incorporate family planning as a subject in their undergraduate level curriculum. Dunedin commissioners vote 3-2 to keep fluoride in the water St. Petersburg Times Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:55 PM PST By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, November 29, 2011 DUNEDIN â€" The City Commission voted Tuesday to keep fluoride in the public water supply, siding with widespread scientific consensus and rejecting critics who have protested the mineral as illegal toxic waste. Commissioners voted 3-2 in support of the public-health additive, splitting with Pinellas County commissioners who last month ... Humana announces deal to buy chronic-care provider seattlepi.com Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:53 PM PST Humana announces deal to buy chronic-care provider (AP) â€" Health insurer Humana Inc. says it is acquiring SeniorBridge, a New York-based chronic-care provider best known for offering in-home care for the elderly. Humana is one of the biggest providers of Medicare Advantage plans, which are government sponsored, privately-run programs offering comprehensive health coverage for seniors. National Technical Supervisor - Public Health VUFO-NGO Resource Center Vietnam Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:53 PM PST GFA CONSULTING GROUP ( www.gfa-group.de ) is recruiting a senior project supervisor for the EC funded project “Health Care Support to the Poor of Northern Uplands and Central Highlands” (HEMA). The position will be open from January to December 2012. The candidate will be posted in Hanoi, with frequent missions in the five provinces. Surprise ending to Health Central's $177 million sale to Orlando Health Orlando Sentinel Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:52 PM PST Marking the end of a 60-year run as an independent hospital, Health Central's board of directors voted Tuesday evening to approve the sale of the Ocoee hospital and its assets to Orlando Health for $177 million. States suing over health care law collect funding Rome News-Tribune Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:50 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Federal officials announced Tuesday they are awarding more money to help states carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. So what's the surprise? Seven states that... Miami man pleads guilty in $5.4M Medicare fraud WFLX FOX 29 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:47 PM PST Federal authorities say a patient recruiter has pleaded guilty for his participation in a $5.4 million Medicare fraud scheme operated out of three Detroit-area health clinics. Measles infection rates on the decline after successful vaccination campaign in Somalia Unicef Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:47 PM PST MOGADISHU, Somalia, 28 November 2011â€"Weaving between makeshift huts of plastic sheeting, health workers urgently knock on every door in Mogadishu: “Today’s the day!” they say, “Vaccination day!”

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