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NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) reported that excellent efficacy of its EKC-CideT nanoviricide drug candidate was revealed upon statistical analyses of clinical scores from the first animal study.

Following today's White House veto of important Medicare legislation, AARP announced that it will designate the expected veto override votes in the House and the Senate as 'Key Votes.' This designation means that AARP will record the House and Senate roll call votes and inform its members about the bill and how their lawmakers voted. AARP is sending letters to Congressional offices informing them of the 'Key Vote' designation.

An E. coli outbreak traced to recalled beef in Michigan and Ohio has spawned cases in three other states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.

Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office has entered into an agreement with international pharmaceutical manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) to settle a variety of allegations of improper sales, marketing and price reporting practices. Under the terms of the settlement, BMS will pay $9,214,659.43 to the Massachusetts Medicaid Program.

House Democratic leaders in a July 11 letter requested that the Government Accountability Office conduct a review of the Medicare recovery audit contractor program that led to the recovery of $694 million in Medicare overpayments to hospitals and other health care providers between 2005 and March, CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 7/14).

While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics.

Medicare spending on medical imaging increased to $14 billion from 2000 to 2006, and CMS should require prior authorization for imaging services to discourage physicians from ordering the tests for personal profit rather than patient benefit, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monday, CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 7/14).

Counseling about sexual behavior during drug addiction treatment could help reduce unsafe sexual behavior among people at risk of HIV in Russia, according to a study recently published in the journal Addiction, ANI/New Kerala reports.

Kansas Department of health and Environment and Kansas Diabetes Advisory Council officials on Friday launched a statewide diabetes prevention and management program, the Wichita Eagle reports.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines recently endorsed condom use among married couples as a method to prevent the transmission of HIV, Edwin Corros, executive secretary of CBCP's Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Care for Migrants and Itinerant People, said recently, the Philippine Star/ABS CBN News reports.