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Insights & News

  • Health care adds 30,900 jobs in January

    February 03, 2012
    Daily Briefing

    The health care sector added 30,900 jobs in January, as the overall U.S. employment market gained momentum, adding 243,000 jobs in the second straight month of better-than-expected gains, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data.

  • Studies: Alzheimer's spreads like a virus through the brain

    February 03, 2012
    Daily Briefing

    A pair of recent studies suggests that Alzheimer's disease spreads like an infection through the brain, a finding that may mean it is possible to stop the disease by disrupting cell-to-cell transmission.

  • Mandatory flu shots: Business group pushes hospitals to adopt policy

    February 03, 2012
    Daily Briefing

    The National Business Group on Health on Thursday urged hospitals and other health care facilities to enforce mandatory flu vaccinations for their employees.

  • Now on Hospital Compare: Central-line infection data

    February 03, 2012
    Daily Briefing

    CMS has added data on central line-associated infections to its Hospital Compare website.

  • Panel explains recommendations to omit avian flu study data

    February 03, 2012
    Daily Briefing

    Members of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity this week said they recommended the omission of certain data in published research on H5N1, or avian flu, because it "maximized the benefits to society and minimized the risks" of bioterrorism.