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Ontario residents still face long wait times for MRI and CT scans, despite improvements in wait times overall, new data suggests.

New York City health department plans an initiative to give free HIV tests to everyone living in Bronx. This decision comes right on time as yesterday reports came out that New York residents have the highest rate of practicing unsafe sex.

California HMOs made $4.3 billion in profits in the last year and spent $6 billion on administrative costs, according to a California Medical Association annual report released Tuesday, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. The report is based on expenditures reported to the state Department of Managed health Care.The report found that the 4.

Jamaica will not decriminalize and regulate commercial sex work in the country, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said recently in response to a suggestion from a Ministry of health and Environment official, the Jamaica Observer reports.

Many states are opting out of funding from the federal Title V abstinence education program amidst 'doubts that the program works' and 'frustrat[ion] by chronic uncertainty that Congress will continue to fund the program,' the AP/Google.com reports. According to the AP/Google.

This week the fifth annual deaf lesbian festival is being held in San Francisco, as reported by Deaf Queer News. In addition, the blog post includes an interview with Drago,...

Thousands of people with dementia are being forced to pay large amounts for vital care, which is often poor quality, according to a new report published by Alzheimer's Society. The Dementia Tax shows that over two thirds of people with dementia are paying for basic care such as help with washing, dressing and going to the toilet that they require as a result of their medical condition. The majority of people are paying at least £100 a week towards the costs of care.

The Latino Commission on AIDS in conjunction with other Hispanic AIDS activists and health officials across the nation on Tuesday released a list of recommendations for federal policies aimed at addressing high HIV/AIDS rates in the Hispanic community, the Bergen Record reports.

The pharmaceutical industry spent $168 million on lobbying in 2007, a 32% increase over the previous year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Center for Public Integrity, the Wall Street Journal reports.

India's National AIDS Control Board earlier this month gave the National AIDS Control Organisation approval to build care centers for children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in the country, the Times of India reports.