> Kaiser Permanente's top official in Northern California apologized for problems at the HMO's kidney transplant center in San Francisco. Article [1]
> Taking advantage of federal rules that allow tribes to set their own laws, an Indian tribe in South Dakota plans to open an abortion clinic on reservation land. Article [2]
> A proposal based on Oregon's "right to die" law is creating an uproar in the U.K., leading prominent physicians to come out against the idea. Article [3]
> Further controversy ensues as authorities in Britain approve a process that allows doctors to screen embryos for cancer. Article [4]
> El Centro Regional Medical Center, located in El Centro, CA, said it will implement MEDHOST's Emergency Department Information System. Article [5]
> The New York Times reports that Hepatitis B rates are much much higher among East Asians--particularly Chinese immigrants--than previously believed. Article [6]
And Finally... The verdict is in on the bird flu movie. Article [7]
Links:
[1] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kaiser11may11,0,5963725.story?coll=la-home-headlines
[2] http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/rss_npr/av_hl_npr_rss/indiantribemayopenabortioncliniconitsland/18971718/SIG=13dpjeb8p;_ylt=AoY6.LA_3s1.5AxGtN6J8Q6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3czJjNGZoBHNlYwM3NTE-/*http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ATC&showDate=08-may-2006&segNum=15&NPRMediaPref=RM&getUnderwriting=1
[3] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/09/neuth09.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/09/ixuknewsnew.html
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/10/AR2006051001811.html
[5] http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=128449
[6] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/nyregion/11hepatitis.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fS%2fSantora%2c%20Marc&oref=slogin
[7] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114718700660547813.html?mod=health_home_inside_today_left_column