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A dozen health care leaders testified before the Joint Committee on Public Health today about the effects of the growing problem of drug shortages linked to manufacturing problems and the rise of the “grey market,” in which drug suppliers stockpile medications then sell them at inflated prices. The shortages are particularly severe among drugs that are injected intravenously, including one to ………click here to continue reading

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Friday released six reports with data collected from California’s hospitals on certain types of health care-associated infections…….click here to continue reading

Wisconsin police and firefighters were supposed to escape higher pension and health care costs imposed on other public workers through Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious collective bargaining law. But the ………click here to continue reading

MALTA–U.S. drug stores have been advertising their seasonal flu shots to the public for weeks, and here at Scientific American employees have already been invited to sign up for free jabs next month. [More]……click here to continue reading

Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a package of bills that will greatly increase the amount of information about hospital quality available to the public, a “remarkable achievement” toward improving health care safety, according to a legislator…….click here to continue reading