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Missouri Department of Corrections has violated the state’s Sunshine Law by refusing to reveal the name of a pharmacy that compounds lethal injections,...compounding pharmacy ....provide pentobarbital for executions.

Las Vegas doctor (physician, Dr. Binh Minh Chung) accused of videotaping himself having sex with sedated patients has agreed to the indefinite suspension of his license... 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of using or permitting the use of a child for the production of pornography.

Fight is more difficult because antibiotic-resistant bacteria is more adept at survival...troubling findings when it comes to the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in hospitals across the country. The antibiotic-resistant bacteria, once thought to be less "fit" than other strains, in fact survive better and cause more deadly infections,...

Expanded pharmacist health advice and services could improve medication use and adherence...Canadians are not taking their medications as prescribed and, in some instances, not even filling their prescriptions,...This disturbing trend spells bad news for Canada’s cash-strapped health care system due to repeat visits to clinics and emergency rooms, recurring illnesses and worsening medical conditions.

first malaria vaccine got a green light... from European drugs regulators who recommended it as safe and effective to use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease....called RTS,S or Mosquirix, and developed by GlaxoSmithKline in partnership with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, would be the first licensed human vaccine against a parasitic disease and could help prevent millions of cases of malaria...

man who police say may be responsible for committing five recent armed pharmacy robberies has struck again in Kings Beach, CA (NV-CA Lake Tahoe area)  July 16, 2015 the Rite Aid...robbed for a second time..

FDA warning letter, ....was issued to SCA Pharmaceuticals....deficiencies in the company’s production of sterile drug products, including failure to adequately perform investigations of sterility failures and batches of product that contained particulates...

Health records appear to be a big factor in why proposed data breach notification legislation has stalled,…The bill,…would set a national standard governing how companies must respond when hackers steal customer data….has been an outcry over its provisions to preempt stricter state-level data breach laws.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services posted its latest patient satisfaction survey results the number of hospitals earning a five-star rating more than doubled. Consistently - highest rated Nevada Hospitals: (interactive)

• Banner Churchill Community Hospital, Fallon
• Sierra Surgery Hospital, Carson City

bill extending the authority of pharmacists and nurse practitioners to administer certain immunizations..shingles, meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough immunizations, in addition to administering influenza immunizations..