More Than 300 Economists Declare Health Insurance for All Key to Economic Recovery
New Reports Detail How To Structure A "Play-Or-Pay" System; Shows That Employer Health Mandate Would Create Jobs WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Economist Jonathan Gruber and health care experts Jacob Hacker and Ken Jacobs joined Institute for America's Future co-director...Economists to Declare Health Reform Key to Recovery; New Reports Detail Employer Health Mandate
Two New Reports To Be Released Tuesday Show Employer Health Mandate Would Help Save Jobs, Details How To Structure A "Play-or-Pay" System WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of economists will declare that a bad economy should not delay overhauling the nation's health care...WHO Readies to Declare Swine Flu Pandemic
Emergency meeting on Thursday may be last step, health officials say THURSDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- The World Health Organization was set on Thursday to declare the first influenza pandemic since 1968, due to the H1N1 virus' rapid spread in North America, Australia, South Ameri...Sigma-Aldrich Shareholders Elect Directors and Ratify Auditor; Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend
ST. LOUIS, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the annual shareholders meeting of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL ) held today in St. Louis, the following directors were re-elected: David R. Harvey, W. Lee McCollum, Jai P. Nagarkatti, Avi M. Nash, Steven M. Paul, J. Pedro Reinhard, Tim...FDA Advisors Declare 'FDA Science and Mission at Risk'
Broad-Ranging Report Concludes That Increased Resources Are an Essential First Step WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's public health is at risk, as are the regulatory systems that oversee the nation's drug and device supplies, according to an FDA Science Board repo...FDA to Declare Cold Medicines Too Risky, Homeopathy Offers a Safe Alternative
Homeopathic medicine offers a safe effective, and inexpensive alternative to treat colds in young children. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will declare that cough and cold medicine is too risky for babies and toddlers...Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition Encourages Vaccination Throughout the Influenza Season
... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Families Fighting Flu declare November 27 National Children's Flu Vaccination Day BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- To raise awareness of the need to vaccinate more infants,...Tezampanel Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase IIb Clinical Trial in Acute Migraine Headache
...included prospectively in the analytical plan to account for comparisons across dose groups. These corrections made it progressively more difficult to declare significance when multiple comparisons to placebo were performed. In accordance with the protocol-specified analysis plan, the lack of effect at 70 mg...Statement From The National Conclave on HIV/AIDS Policy for Black Clergy
...Elimination Act, is as follows: -- The National Conclave on HIV/AIDS for Black Clergy calls upon the President, Congress and Corporate America to declare the HIV/AIDS crisis in the African American community a "public health emergency." We call on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to us...Rules proposed to save the world's coral reefs
...at the World Ocean Conference 2009 in Manado, Indonesia, where leaders of six regional governments plus Australia and the United States are meeting to declare the largest-ever marine reserve in world history, the Coral Triangle Initiative. "The catastrophic decline in the world's coral reefs demands urgen...Girls have superior sense of taste to boys
...e markedly more sensitive to sour tastes. At exactly the same time, their love of very sweet flavours starts waning. And it is here too that many more declare they are not fussy eaters. Past studies have shown that children who like sour things tend not to be nearly as fussy as children who are not mad about...Expert urges FDA to take action to reduce BPA exposure
..., the FDA and the European Food Safety Authority have chosen to ignore warnings from expert panels and other government agencies and have continued to declare BPA as 'safe,'" wrote vom Saal, who is a Curator's professor of biological sciences in MU's College of Arts and Science. "Further evidence of harm sho...BBVA Foundation international study on attitudes to stem cell research
...dical benefits are spelled out as treatments for what are seen as serious diseases (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's or diabetes), a majority in all countries declare themselves in favor of such research. The mean agreement with the assertion that research with stem cells from embryos that are a few days old should ...WCS study finds potential to double tiger numbers in South Asia
... Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society and other institutions declare that improvements in management of existing protected areas in South Asia could double the number of tigers currently existing in the region. ...Small-scale fishing in Mexico rivals industrial fisheries in accidental turtle deaths
...hat also produced much of the turtle bycatch was voluntarily made into an off-limits "Fishers' Turtle Reserve" by the fishermen themselves. Efforts to declare the area an official national reserve with legal protection are under way. And earlier this year, Peckham said, the owner of the area's biggest fishin...Baiji Dolphin previously thought extinct spotted in the Yangtze River
...ial definition of extinction by IUCN, WWF and many scientists agreed that this species was functionally extinct, but thought it was still too early to declare its extinction. This sighting presents a last hope that the Baiji may not go the way of the dodo bird, said Karen Baragona, Yangtze River Basin Pro...High HPV concentrations combined with smoking significantly raise risks of cervical cancer
... some women may not get cervical cancer despite smoking behavior or being HPV-positive, had too few women with high viral loads for the researchers to declare both smoking and HPV, by themselves, caused the disease. But since it was one of the largest studies to examine this relationship, it strongly suggest...Scientists to mimic nature for newest cancer drugs
...s. And although the risk of fishing gear entanglements have been addressed through gear modifications and selective area closures, paper co-authors declare those closures inadequate because they don't fully address the seasonal movement of right whales. The scientists recommend the immediate implementa...Plexus, Bone Care and Rockwell declare profitable first quarter
Bone Care: $1.8 million, on doubled Hectorol sales Middleton, Wis. Bone Care International, which markets a vitamin-D hormone therapy based on the work of University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Hector DeLuca, reported profits of $1.8 million for the first quarter. The company said its sale...BASF Sues DuPont for Patent Infringement
... and its subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International for this unlawful use of BASF's patented technology. In the same action, BASF Plant Science seeks to declare invalid and unenforceable DuPont patents for technology relating to herbicide tolerance. "BASF Plant Science, as a leading provider of advanced t...Sanofi Pasteur Receives Seed Virus to Produce New Influenza A(H1N1) Vaccine
...uction process for an A(H1N1) vaccine. The emergence of a new influenza A(H1N1) virus strain recently led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a Level 5 pandemic alert, following human-to-human spread of the virus into at least two countries in one WHO region. "As a company committed t...Syndication Inc. CEO asks Board of Directors to Consider Routine Quarterly Stock Dividends
...he CEO of Syndication. The Company is currently working through the details with its transfer agent and is expected to approve the resolution to declare its first stock dividend over the next 24 to 48 hours. The Company indicates that more news on the declaration of the stock dividend, developments in ...Psychemedics Corporation Announces 2008 Year End Results
...cs and remain committed to rewarding shareholders and sharing the financial success of the Company with them as we grow. Therefore, we are pleased to declare our 50th consecutive quarterly dividend." Psychemedics is the world's largest provider of hair testing for drugs of abuse with thousands of corpo...University of Minnesota Receives $40 Million for Type 1 Diabetes Research
...internationally recognized diabetes researcher and co-director of the Schulze Diabetes Institute. "Curing type 1 diabetes is possible. We only need to declare it possible, engage the brightest minds, be contagiously committed and break all barriers. This gift, for which we are very grateful, is breaking big ...deCODE genetics Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
... of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding may declare the notes due and payable at their principal amount together with accrued interest. - Nasdaq Notification. deCODE has requested a hearing before ...