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Nassim Assefi, a physician serving vulnerable communities, human rights advocate and former content director at TEDMED, will lead organization to expand US-Cuba health cooperation [caption id="attachment_78580" align="alignright" width="265"] Nassim Assefi M.D. Photo credit: Niku Kashef[/caption] Oakland, CA (October 12, 2016) – The non-profit MEDICC (Medical…

By Dylan Scott WASHINGTON — The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Cuban government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to encourage cooperation between the two countries on health matters, another step in the Obama administration’s efforts to normalize America’s diplomatic…

A vision to more rapidly translate health research into breakthrough medicines for patients is the driving force behind talks held this week between Queensland's ‘Smart State' medical research institutes and one of the world's top medical research universities. A delegation from the University of California,…

by Thu HangA client attends a reproductive health and family planning consultation at Truong An Commune's medical centre in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Vinh Long, which is part of the Government social franchise network Tinh chi em (Sisterhood). — VNA/VNS Photo Thu…

New America Media/Northwest Vietnamese News, News Feature, Julie Pham,Part 2 of 2. Read part 1 here.At the Vietnamese Senior Association (VSA) in Seattle, Marie Thu Le, 75, confessed that “When my time comes, I don’t want to be dependent on machines. I don’t want to be…

Aurora Health Care was one of six sites chosen by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University to participate in a program to shape health care for senior citizens nationwide. Through the Medicare Innovations Collaborative, Aurora Health Care will provide technical expertise…

Original Source: http://www.pressoffice.cornell.edu/pressoffice/releases/release.cfm?r=29722 Cornell University, the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and the Cancer Research Institute are Atlantic grantees. ITHACA, N.Y. - The Bioproduction Facility at Cornell University has produced the first batch of NY-ESO-1 recombinant protein-a cancer vaccine that will be used in clinical…

Underpaid state doctors have threatened to strike next week unless they receive a 50 percent salary increase. The action could leave hospitals paralysed as well as embarrassing new Health Minister Barbara Hogan. It will also leave hundreds of thousands of patients without treatment. The doctors…

  ALL 350,000 medical card holders over 70 years of age will be sent new application forms "in the coming weeks", the Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed yesterday. A spokesman said elderly applicants will also be able to avail of the standard appeals process if…

Professionals Mentoring Middle-Grades Students Boston Not long ago, an 8th grader from a hardscrabble neighborhood in this city decided on an ambitious career path: She would become a doctor. Many adults encouraged her, but when she spoke with a knowledgeable source, a Harvard University medical…