> Non-profits have begun offering charity to more patients in an effort to impress the IRS. FierceHealthFinance [1]
> The U.S. Senate has approved a special health IT fund which will be used to fund future bills requiring HIT funding. FierceHealthIT [2]
> A new group of malaria vaccine trials will pay volunteers to get infected. FierceBioResearcher [3]
> Critics are now raising questions as to whether the FDA is doing a good enough job of disciplining researchers who break drug-trial rules. FiercePharma [4]
And Finally... A new blood test could finally help psychiatrists determine, concretely, whether antidepressant drugs are working. Article [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/trend-non-profits-broadening-charity-care-access/2008-03-12
[2] http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/senate-approves-hit-fund/2008-03-10
[3] http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/vaccines/story/malaria-trials-will-pay-volunteers-to-get-infected/2008-03-06
[4] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/fda-policing-researchers-enough/2008-03-11
[5] http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080311/hl_afp/healthusresearchmental_080311214121;_ylt=Ali1DtVranOE.uL9.pIPwe2s0NUE