- Immunization Requirements For Nevada Students (kolotv.com)
Making Sure Your Child Has The Proper Immunizations Before The School Year Starts.
- Nevada pursues death chamber, controversial drug (reviewjournal.com)
Nevada has no executions on the immediate horizon but is pushing ahead to build a new death chamber at Ely State Prison and would use... midazolam and hydromorphone to administer a lethal injection and has an adequate supply of these drugs to carry out an execution if ordered,.. almost assuredly would spawn lawsuits..
- One toke over the line: Race on to develop ‘pot breathalyzer’ (reuters.com)
...the race is on to develop an instant roadside breathalyzer for police to test drivers who may be taking the "high" road...Cannabix Technologies Inc,..expects to be first out of the gate with a "pot breathalyzer" - a handheld device similar to those used to detect alcohol.
- Hospital with repeat security failures hit with $218K HIPAA fine (healthcareitnews.com)
'Organizations must pay particular attention to HIPAA's requirements when using Internet-based document sharing applications' St. Elizabeth's Medical Center…will pay $218,400 to the Office for Civil Rights for alleged HIPAA violations…resulted from a..stating that the medical center was using a Web-based document-sharing application to store data containing protected health information.
- U.S. consumer groups oppose Teva bid for generic drug rival Mylan (reuters.com)
proposed merger of the two largest U.S. generic drug makers drew fire....from Consumers Union...asked antitrust enforcers to stop Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's proposal to purchase Mylan saying it would lead to higher prices and more drug shortages.
- U.S. FDA bans Emcure Pharma’s India plant over manufacturing issues (newsdaily.com)
Food and Drug Administration...banned drug imports from an India manufacturing unit of Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd over violations of standard manufacturing practices,...not meeting manufacturing quality standards.
- Greece bans export of 25 drugs after pharmacists’ supply warnings (newsdaily.com)
…pharmacists made their warnings – that there had been a significant increase in re-exports of some medicines…"Abuses have been discovered by some players in the pharmaceuticals market,"…ministry would closely check exports and re-exports…file complaints at home and abroad where there is evidence of abuse..
- Leaked Document: Nearly One-Third Of 847,000 Veterans In Backlog For VA Health Care Already Died (huffingtonpost.com)Analysis of Death Services (big.assets.huffingtonpost.com)
More than 238,000 of the 847,000 veterans in the pending backlog for health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs have already died, according to an internal VA document...
- VA threatens to close hospitals to shrink $2.5B budget gap (foxnews.com)
Department of Veterans Affairs may have to shut down some hospitals next month if Congress does not address a $2.5 billion shortfall,..increased demand...costly treatments....
- Catalent hit with FDA Form 483 at North Carolina plant (outsourcing-pharma.com)
Following an FDA inspection..Catalent’s Center of Excellence for Analytical Services...was hit with Form 483 warning with six observations....following a routine inspection of...facility,..Catalent responded by immediately effecting measures to resolve the observations.