India’s North Eastern States to Intensify Malaria Control

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for Intensified Malaria Control Project-II (IMCP-II) for seven North Eastern States (except Sikkim) under National Vector Borne Disease Control...

Mobile Telemedicine Laboratory Unveiled in KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Sunday witnessed the unveiling of a Mobile Telemedicine Laboratory in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.

Cancer Strategy Could Save an Extra 5,000 Lives a Year

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced detailed plans to transform cancer care in England and save thousands of extra lives each year. How People Arrived Here: cancer strategy gulf

HIV Patients in Zimbabwe Forced to Pay Up Or Go Without

Rampant corruption in the provision of life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and other HIV services is threatening Zimbabwe’s national AIDS response according to a recently released report by a local human rights group.

Clinic Operator Sentenced to Almost 5 Years in Prison for Role in Fraudulent Diagnostic Testing Scheme

An operator of a Detroit-area medical clinic has been sentenced to 56 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program. Carlos Grana, a Miami resident, was also sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff in the...

United Kingdom to Put Fight Against Malaria At the Forefront of African Aid Efforts

The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) is set to put the fight against malaria at the forefront of aid efforts in Africa, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has announced. A comprehensive ‘malaria business plan’ will set out how...

New Legal Rights for Britain’s NHS Patients

Patients in Britain will have legal rights to maximum waiting times for elective procedures and urgent cancer referrals and to an NHS Health Check every five years for those aged 40-74, if proposals published today are taken forward. The proposals, set...

L.A. Physician Assistant Guilty of Stealing Doctor’s Identity And Defrauding Medicare in $7.7 Million Scheme

A federal jury in Los Angeles has convicted a physician assistant for his role in a $7.7 million Medicare fraud scheme. After a seven-day trial in federal court in Los Angeles, a jury found Ronald Luis Bradshaw, 59, guilty on all charged counts, including...