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AP/Long Island Newsday Profiles Effort To Address HIV/AIDS Through Community Development In Kenya

The AP/Long Island Newsday on Sunday examined the efforts of a mother-daughter team to reduce HIV/AIDS through community development in Kenya. Rosemell Ong'udi and her daughter, Loyce Mbewa-Ong'udi -- who runs the Rabuor Village Project -- have developed "community-owned" programs in which residents rather than donors set the priorities.

WellCare Agrees To Pay $35.2M In Medicaid Fraud Investigation

WellCare has agreed to pay $35.2 million as part of a Medicaid fraud investigation, but the payment does not settle nor limit the investigation, the health insurer wrote in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, the St. Petersburg Times reports (St. Petersburg Times, 8/18). Federal authorities raided WellCare's Tampa Bay, Fla., headquarters on Oct.

FDA Approval, Oversight Of Mifeprex 'Consistent' With Other Drugs, GAO Report Says

FDA's approval process and postmarket oversight of Danco Laboratories' medication abortion drug Mifeprex, also known as RU-486, were "consisten[t]" with how the agency handles other drugs with restricted distribution, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday, Bloomberg reports (Larkin, Bloomberg, 8/18).

Neuroscience Conference: Stroke And SIDS In Alaska

University of Alaska Fairbanks neuroscientists studying stroke and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome are presenting their research findings at the 7th Conference of the Specialized Neuroscience Research Programs in New York Aug. 19-22, 2008.

Floods In West Africa Raise Major Health Risks

Rising flood waters across West Africa are intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis. International aid is needed as heavy rains forecast to last until September could exacerbate health threats for conditions including malaria, diarrhea and other potentially fatal communicable diseases.