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> The Center for Science in the Public Interest calculates that a one cent per can soda tax would raise $1.5 billion a year to fight obesity and other diseases. Article

> The national organ transplantation system is under fire after recent revelations. Could Web sites like MatchingDonor.com be the answer? Article

> MedMined announced a new product that may find a market. The company's Antimicrobal Management Service is designed to work with its data mining surveillance system for hospital-acquired infections. Article

> Critics say retail outlets like Minute Clinics cater to the rich and suburban. Blog

> Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland Medical System announced an unusual agreement that sees them jointly operating Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore City. Article

> Implementation costs remain the big hurdle for electronic records adoption, according to several speakers at National Health IT Day. Article

And Finally... In a sign that the healthy foods in schools campaign may be getting a bit out of hand, officials at a school in the U.K. are celebrating the arrival of high tech fingerprint scanning in the cafeteria. Article