HIV/AIDS Awareness and Mobile Testing Campaign Visits Montreal
bioLytical Laboratories, BC, Canada, Virgin Mobile Canada, and UNICEF Canada have joined forces to create a public awareness and mobile testing campaign for HIV testing.
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CMS Reschedules Lab Services Bidders Conference in San Diego
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescheduled to Dec 5 its bidders conference for labs providing services to Medicare beneficiaries in the San Diego area.
Read MoreScientists Lauded for Pioneering Work on Test for Chagas Disease
Three scientists from Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc, Rochester, NY, have received Johnson & Johnsons top award for pioneering work on an FDA-approved blood-screening test that detects a parasite now increasingly prevalent in blood donations nationwide.
Read MoreFDA Moves to Improve Advisory Committee Processes
The FDA plans to strengthen its advisory committee processes with proposed new guidance or procedures on advisory committee voting, disclosing information on conflicts of interest, and on security and appropriate conduct for participants at meetings.
Read MoreCocaine-Related Heart Attack Treated with Hypothermia
The first reported case of a comatose patient with cocaine-induced cardiac arrest successfully treated with therapeutic hypothermia is reported in the Annals of Emergency Medicine (Therapeutic Hypothermia in Cocaine-Induced Cardiac Arrest).
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