ALSO NOTED: WHO proposes patient safety solutions; HIPAA deadline approaches; and much more...

> The World Health Organization is asking for comment on nine proposed patient safety solutions. Release

> Watch out: within six months, it will be mandatory to use National Provider Identifier required by HIPAA. Blog

> An AIDS pill for children costing under $60 per year should soon be available. Article

> RNs at the USC University Hospital voted yesterday to join the California Nurses Association. Release

> Former employees of bankrupt Philipsburg General Hospital (PA) win back pay settlement. Release

> The trade group representing U.S. health plans is shopping around its proposal to extend health coverage on Capitol Hill. Release

> The FDA approved 15 New Drug Applications in October, the biggest month of the year for the agency. Report

> Researchers are launching an investigation into which type of arterial plaque is most likely to be subject to inflammation and rupture, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths each year from coronary artery disease. Report

> Confronted by the embarrassing scandal surrounding the fraudulent Korean stem cell study a year ago, Science magazine has been advised to adopt new methods to scrutinize research findings. Report

> New research appearing in the Journal of Biology shows that even low doses of chemotherapy are killing brain cells and cancer drugs are more malignant to healthy cells than diseased cells. Report

And Finally… Was this doctor being as kind as she could be, or did she play "gotcha"? Blog