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Secretary Sebelius Makes Recovery Act Funding Available To Bolster Health Care In Needy Communities, Relieve Providers' Student Debt
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of nearly $200 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support student loan repayments for primary care medical, dental and mental health clinicians who want to work at National Health Service Corps (NHSC) sites. In exchange for the loan repayments, clinicians serve for two years with the Corps. The new funds are expected to double the number of Corps clinicians and make 3,300 awards to clinicians that serve in health centers, rural health clinics and other health care facilities that care for uninsured and underserved people. Secretary Sebelius made the announcement prior to touring the Tufts Floating Children"s Hospital in Boston, Mass., where she was joined by members of the National Health Service Corps. Following the tour, Sebelius held a discussion with health care experts and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on the importance of health reform.

A Cancer Gene Switch For Repairing Damaged DNA
Scientists at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology uncover how an important cancer gene, BRCA1, works by increasing the accuracy with which broken DNA is repaired. Women who inherit a faulty version of the BRCA1 gene are at a higher risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer.
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In Elderly Lung Cancer Patients, All-Biologic Regimen Found To Be Efficacious And Well-Tolerated
Previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients over the age of 70 respond well to a combination of bevacizumab and erlotinib, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers reported at the annual meeting of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
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Swine Infects 36 Countries So Far, 8,451 Cases, And 71 Confirmed Deaths

The World Health Organization announced today that swine flu, or influenza A(H1N1) has now infected humans in 36 cases, making a total of 8,451 people ill, and causing the deaths of 66 people in Mexico, 4 deaths in the USA, and 1 death in Canada. All data indicate the virus strain is not a virulent one (an aggressive and dangerous one). Below is a list of countries, confirmed human cases, and confirmed human deaths from swine flu: *Mexico - 2,895 cases, including 66 deaths *USA - 4714 cases, including 4 deaths *Canada - 496 cases, including 1 death *Spain - 100 cases, and no deaths *United Kingdom - 78 cases, and no deaths *Panama - 43 cases, and no deaths *France - 14 cases, and no deaths *Germany - 14 cases, and no deaths *Colombia - 11 cases, and no deaths *New Zealand - 9 cases, and no deaths *Italy 9 - cases, and no deaths *Brazil - 8 cases, and no deaths *Israel - 7 cases, and no deaths *Japan - 4 cases, and no deaths *China - 4 cases, and no deaths *El Salvador - 4 cases, and no deaths *Cuba 3 - cases, and no deaths *Guatemala - 3 cases, and no deaths *Netherlands - 3 cases, and no deaths *Rep Korea - 3 cases, and no deaths *Belgium - 2 cases, and no deaths *Finland - 2 cases, and no deaths *Norway - 2 cases, and no deaths *Sweden - 2 cases, and no deaths *Thailand - 2 cases, and no deaths *Argentina - 1 case, and no deaths *Australia - 1 case, and no deaths *Austria - 1 case, and no deaths *Denmark - 1 case, and no deaths *Ecuador - 1 case, and no deaths *Ireland - 1 case, and no deaths *Peru - 1 case, and no deaths *Poland - 1 case, and no deaths *Portugal - 1 case, and no deaths *Switzerland - 1 case, and no deaths WHO does not recommend travel restrictions related to this A(H1N1) virus. If you are ill you should delay your trip, while returning travelers who become ill should seek appropriate medical care, says WHO. Many countries, such as the UK, advise people who become ill with swine flu-like symptoms to call their GP (general practitioner, primary care physician), this is to protect patients and other people who may be at the GP"s practice from infection risk. Some countries are starting to lift travel restriction to Mexico - the United Kingdom has just lifted the travel ban. Reports indicate that other countries that reduced their number of flights to Mexico (but did not stop them altogether), such as the USA and Canada, will soon start increasing flight numbers. *See our Map Of H1N1 Outbreaks *See our Mexico Swine Flu Blog Written by Christian Nordqvist Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today


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