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MED BRIEFS.(HEALTH & MEDICINE)
Amerisource Loses VA Contract
AmerisourceBergen lost a bid to remain the top drug vendor for the Veterans Affairs Department. The VA chose McKesson Corp. for the $2.9 bil-a-year contract. Amerisource cut its '04 earnings forecast by 40 cents to $4.10-$4.20 a share, surprising analysts.
Suit Targets Calif. Nurse Laws
The California Healthcare Association, speaking for nearly 500 hospitals, sued the state Health Services Department. It says hospitals won't be able to comply with the new nurse-staffing law. Effective Jan. 1, this first-of-its-kind law requires one nurse for every six patients in medical-surgical units.
Dept. Rejects ...
- AmerisourceBergen Awarded $10 Billion Contract; AmerisourceBergen to Provide...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 16, 2004 700+ words
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. -- AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC) today announced that Kaiser Permanente awarded the Company a three-year contract with two one-year renewals to provide pharmaceuticals distribution and other supply chain activities. AmerisourceBergen, who currently services Kaiser
- MAD COW DISEASE A BYPRODUCT OF BEEF INDUSTRY PROFITS.(EDITORIAL)(GUEST...
- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) January 5, 2004 700+ words
...Rampton and I wrote our 1997 book, "Mad Cow USA: Could the Nightmare Happen Here...official government and industry spin that mad cow disease was just some hysterical European...fatal dementia called variant CJD -- mad cow disease in humans -- the media in the...
- MAD COW CONCERNS SHOULD BE TEMPERED THE WORLD'S EXPERIENCE WITH MAD COW DISEASE...
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) December 29, 2003 700+ words
...be concerned about the discovery that mad cow disease has reached the United States...should reinforce their effort to combat mad cow disease. Expanded tracking and testing...disease to tout their points of view. Mad cow disease does not prove the superiority...
- Why mad cow could happen in America: the U.S. government might not be doing all...
- Magazine article from: Natural Health Lohn, Martiga October 1, 2001 700+ words
THE THREAT OF MAD COW DISEASE has plagued Britain for more...disease, that the agent that causes mad cow can't be destroyed easily, and that...began calling this collection of symptoms mad cow disease, and autopsies revealed that...
- Mad over mad cow.(LETTERS)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times January 4, 2004 700+ words
...Wednesday's story "U.S. will keep mad cow tests that take days" (Nation), the...saying that the more modern rapid tests for mad cow disease used in Europe and Japan are less...have been a problem with earlier tests, mad cow tests are on the market that have tested...
- USDA's message on mad cow raises critical questions.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Martin, Andrew June 26, 2005 700+ words
...the nation's second confirmed case of mad cow disease, Agriculture Secretary Michael...year, an enhanced program to search for mad cow disease in America's cattle herd tested...tests, just one cow was confirmed to have mad cow disease. "The point here is that after...
- Q & A ON MAD COW, CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE.(FRONT)
- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) December 27, 2003 700+ words
...similar disease. Chronic wasting disease and mad cow disease come from a family of fatal diseases and...Here are some questions and answers about CWD and mad cow disease. Q: How are mad cow disease and chronic wasting disease related...
- USDA stance on mad cow a tough sell.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) June 27, 2005 700+ words
...the nation's second confirmed case of mad cow disease, Agriculture Secretary Michael...year, an enhanced program to search for mad cow disease in America's cattle tested 388...rare in this country that we run into [mad cow disease]." But Johanns' attempt to...