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Also In Global Health News: Online Tools For Infectious Diseases; Liberian Health Funds Misused; Drinking Water In India; Humanitarian Aid In Pakista

Online Map, Twitter Could Be Used To Predict, Warn Against Spread Of Infectious Diseases
The “Supramap” application, which is an online map that shows the spread of pathogens and significant mutations across time, could be a helpful way for scientists to monitor and predict infectious disease outbreaks, according to a Cladistics study, the Scientific American reports. [...]

Media Report On Haiti Rebuilding Effort After Donor Conference

News outlets report on the implications and follow up after Wednesday’s donor conference to aid Haiti’s rebuilding effort.
Newsweek: “The next big challenge is figuring out how to apply the raised funds to fix not just Haiti’s earthquake damage, but also the years of poverty and corruption that have plagued the nation [...]

European Commission Rolls Out New Food Security Policies; Agricultural Research Conference Concludes

The European Commission (EC) recently announced that it has adopted two new policy frameworks “to help developing countries address food security in emergency and long-term situations” and has called upon member nations to implement similar policies, IRIN reports.
The humanitarian assistance framework focuses on “response tools to enhance food security, and also [...]

A Selection Of Today’s Opinions And Editorials

Health Care Law Is Good The Las Vegas Sun
States can’t on the one hand accept the benefits of federal health care spending and then legitimately claim that the federal government is playing too large a role in the health care sector (4/2).
On The Front Line The New York Times
If Dr. Berwick [...]

Washington State Gets A Health Overhaul Head Start

Washington state’s “patchwork of programs, pilot projects and other efforts” reflected in the health overhaul could give it a head start on implementing the new law, The Seattle Times reports. “Washington has already put in place many of the elements of the new federal health-care law, putting it closer than [...]

Tenn. Lawmakers Advance Bills On Abortion Clinic Anti-Coercion Signs, Abortion Coverage In Health Exchanges

On Wednesday, the Tennessee Senate voted 29-2 and the state House voted 87-8 in favor of bills (SB 3812, HB 3301) that would require abortion clinics to post signs alerting women of a Tennessee law that prohibits coercing a woman into having an abortion, the AP/Memphis Commercial Appeal reports.
The legislation would [...]

International Federation Of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Pledges More Than $300 Million To Haiti’s Long-Term Recovery

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today pledged to extend the emergency phase of its work in Haiti for up to twelve months and committed more than $300 million towards Haiti’s long-term recovery and reconstruction following the devastating earthquake of January 12.
The announcement was made at [...]

ArQule Announces Results Of Phase 2 Trial With ARQ 197 In Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

ArQule, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQL) today announced that ARQ 197, when used in combination with erlotinib, demonstrated a 66% improvement in median Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in patients with advanced, refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In the intent to treat (ITT) population (n = 167), median PFS was 16.1 weeks in the [...]

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