> World Health Organization officials said yesterday that a suspicious cluster of deaths at a remote Indonesian village were probably not caused by human transmission of the H5N1 virus. Article [1]
> Officials in New Jersey are on the defensive after this week's Dartmouth study on the cost of end of life care for the chronically ill. Article [2]
> Texas Health Resources gets a $1 million grant from the AT&T Foundation to set up an institute for the study of Health IT. Article [3]
> Aspyra, a maker of clinical and diagnostic Information Systems, said that it has raised $4.5 million in a private placement of its common stock. Article [4]
> Chutes & Ladders: T. Michael Preston, director of MedChi, the state medical society of Maryland, is stepping down. Article [5]
And Finally ... The next Vioxx? Bausch & Lomb's liability in the ReNu lens cleaner case may exceed $1 billion, experts say. Article [6]
Links:
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/world/asia/19birdflu.html
[2] http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1147842998274630.xml&coll=1
[3] http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/rmiller/stories/DN-miller_19bus.ART.State.Edition1.22c88e52.html
[4] http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060518005073&newsLang=en
[5] http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2006/05/15/daily22.html
[6] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/business/18eye.html?ex=1305604800&en=11b754ec2e01a170&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss