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Flu vaccine abundant, but doctors still report glitches

December 27, 2006 on 5:41 pm | In Health | Comments Off Physicians are frustrated by distribution challenges but plan to vaccinate until doses are exhausted.

FDA seeks to expand access to experimental drugs

December 27, 2006 on 5:41 pm | In Health | Comments Off A new agency proposal would also clarify when companies can charge for an investigational product.

23 doctors, 10 hours, 6 ORs, 5 lives: The logistics of an innovative kidney exchange

December 27, 2006 on 5:41 pm | In Profession | Comments Off Johns Hopkins surgeons completed the nation's first five-way kidney swap. Here's how they linked living donors with unrelated recipients.

Congress sends health IT back to drawing board

December 27, 2006 on 5:41 pm | In Government | Comments Off Safe harbors for technology donations to physicians are likely off the table as Democrats shift focus to IT grant money.

The illegal effect: Who pays for treatments?

December 27, 2006 on 5:41 pm | In Government | Comments Off While politicians are deadlocked on the issues of immigration and uninsured Americans, hospitals and doctors are caught between helping everyone and staying in business.