First allocations to hospitals, care homes, pediatricians
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The US government is working with Aventis Pasteur to distribute 22.4 million doses of unshipped flu vaccine to areas identified as having the most need, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.
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The government moved Tuesday to direct scarce remaining flu shots straight to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for the patients who need them most.
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Managed care provider inks first international agreement.
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The Â£40m Children's Hospital for Wales looks set finally to be completed under a new funding arrangement.
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For the first time in its history, Medicare has begun to systematically make payments for new and expensive treatments and diagnostic tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups
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WASHINGTON - Many of the nation's scarce remaining flu shots will be shipped directly to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for high-risk patients, under a plan negotiated between the government and maker Aventis Pasteur.    The targeted shipments come as health officials struggle to ensure the people who most need flu shots get them, now that the nation's supply of influenza vaccine has been slashed in half...
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There looks to be more room for healthy growth.
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GPs are to be given their own budgets to pay for services for their patients.
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Cancer experts say 'world first' will lead to less aggressive therapies for sick children
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A US national database on children&#39;s hospitals can help reduce the length, cost and frequency of stays, says a University of Michigan study in the October issue of Pediatrics.
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A new kind of medical practice is flourishing nationwide that offers to go to where the patients are â whether a home, an office or a hotel.
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Grants from the American Heart Association are helping give pre-kindergarten children healthy habits.
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New proposals to provide faster diagnosis, treatment and care for people with epilepsy are announced.
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Legislative leaders approved $591 million in state spending Monday to restore health care for the needy but let deep cutbacks in the Children&#39;s Health Insurance Program stand.
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SACRAMENTO The state&#39;s top health official has ordered doctors and health care workers to reserve flu shots for high-risk patients such as the elderly and young children.
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Facing cutthroat competition, escalating expenses, and declining revenues, some of the region&#39;s hospitals are trying to boost their bottom lines by offering
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The initiative, known as Healthy San Francisco and mostly financed by the city, is the first effort by a locality to guarantee care to all of its uninsured.