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Varian's RapidArc Radiotherapy Technology Enables Pioneering Cancer Treatments At Top Dutch Oncology Center
Doctors in the Netherlands have developed new ways to perform radiosurgery on benign acoustic tumors using fast and precise RapidArc(TM) radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). This is among the findings in several papers published by the team at VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam.
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Massachusetts' Budget Forces Retreat From Universal Coverage
"The new state budget in Massachusetts eliminates health care coverage for some 30,000 legal immigrants to help close a growing deficit, reversing progress toward universal coverage just as Congress looks to the state as a model for overhauling the nation"s health care system," the New York Times reports. The affected immigrants are permanent residents who have had green cards for less than five years and are insured through the Commonwealth Care program, an insurance program created by the 2006 law that brought near-universal coverage to Massachusetts. The cuts would save around $130 million (Goodnough, 7/14).
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Efforts To Quickly Develop Swine Flu Vaccine Reported In GEN
Scientists around the world are accelerating their efforts to develop a vaccine against the H1N1 influenza virus (Swine flu) as rapidly as possible, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). The need for such a vaccine received a strong impetus from the World Health Organization, which has issued a Phase 5 pandemic alert, a strong signal that the WHO believes a pandemic is imminent, according to the June 1 issue of GEN (http://www.genengnews.com/articles/chitem.aspx?aid=2938).
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Good Samaritan And San Jose Regional Medical Center Registered Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly To Approve New Contract, California

The 1,450 registered nurses of Good Samaritan Hospital and San Jose Regional Medical Center voted overwhelming last night to ratify their new contract with the facility-and in so doing set new standards for patient safety at HCA, the nation"s largest hospital chain, announces the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee today. "These new contracts show that even HCA-the world"s largest hospital chain and one with a reputation for cutting corners on patient care-can be held to strict patient safety standards when RNs speak and bargain collectively," said Malinda Markowitz, RN co-President of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. "RNs at HCA facilities around the country are working to organize their hospitals, because they know that holding this chain to safety standards will save lives, and allow nurses to truly practice their profession." Among key gains were: - Strengthened protections for compliance with safe RN-to-patient staffing ratios law in California. These include a guarantee that patients will be cared for when their RN takes a meal or rest break, an increase in unit staffing to meet the ratios at all times, and new procedures to resolve disputes over future staffing issues. - Improved restrictions on the "floating" of nurses outside their unit - Protection of the ability of RNs to do informational leafleting on hospital grounds - A guarantee of every other weekend off - A guarantee of union protections-meaning the employer will not invoke the "Kentucky River" decision to exclude nurses from the bargaining unit - Retirement improvements, specifically an increase in the coverage of Medicare Part D and Medicare Supplement reimbursements after age 65 The contract runs through 2012, and averages a 4.25 percent annual increase in wages to allow competitive recruitment and retention of nurses. California Nurses Association


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