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• International Travelers May Be Subject to Enhanced Security Requirements
• February 4, 2010

• International travelers who are seeking to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program are now subject to enhanced security requirements.

• Legislation Raising the Federal Debt Ceiling May Lead to Five-Year Medicare Physician Payment “Fix”
• February 2, 2010
• On January 28, the Senate passed H.J. Resolution 45, a resolution to raise the federal debt limit, and included in the resolution a way to address the Medicare physician payment problem.

• Study Weighs Benefits of Transplants for Leukemia (Reuters)
• February 1, 2010

• Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday.

• President Obama Submits Details of FY 2011 Budget Proposal to Congress; Proposes 3.2 Percent Increase for NIH
• February 1, 2010

• Despite calling for a freeze in federal discretionary spending during his State of the Union address on January 27, the President reaffirmed his commitment to biomedical research by proposing approximately $32.089 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in FY 2011, a 3.2 percent increase over the final FY 2010 funding levels that were enacted in December of last year.

• FDA Recalls Defective Infusion Needles
• January 29, 2010

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a Class I recall of Exel/Exelint Huber needles, Exel/Exelint Huber Infusion Sets and Exel/Exelint “Securetouch+” Safety Huber Infusion Sets, manufactured by Nipro Medical Corporation for Exelint International Corporation.

• Hematologists Can Now Earn CME Credits Through the Journal Blood
• January 28, 2010

• The American Society of Hematology (ASH) now offers physicians who diagnose and treat blood disorders a new resource for earning continuing medical education (CME) credits while staying abreast of the latest clinical strategies in the rapidly changing field of hematology.

• Fat Tissue May Be a Source of Valuable Blood Stem Cells, Study Says
• January 27, 2010

• Bone marrow is a leading source of adult stem cells, which are increasingly used for research and therapeutic interventions, but extracting the cells is an arduous and often painful process.

• Medicare Physician Payment “Fix” Has Unclear Future
• January 27, 2010

• It continues to remain unclear how Congress will fix Medicare physician payment when the temporary physician payment freeze Congress implemented to prevent a 21 percent Medicare physician fee cut expires February 28, 2010.

• President Obama Expected to Renew Call for Health Reform in State of the Union Address
• January 27, 2010

• President Obama is set to deliver his first State of the Union address at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 27. It is expected that the President’s speech will focus on a number priorities, including health reform, providing economic relief and tax cuts to middle class families, reforming the nation’s public education system, and freezing most federal discretionary spending.

• January 2010 Practice Update (part two)
• January 27, 2010

• January Practice Update (part two)

• NIGMS Awards Contract to Expand Human Genetic Cell Repository
• January 25, 2010

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• NIH Announces FY 2010 Policy for Grant Awards
• January 21, 2010

• 2010 01 21In response to the final FY 2010 funding levels enacted in December 2009, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a notice concerning its Fiscal Operations Plan for FY 2010. As detailed in the NIH notice, the

• January 2010 Advocacy Update
• January 21, 2010

• January 2010 Advocacy Update

• Massachusetts Election Jeopardizes Future of Health Overhaul Legislation
• January 21, 2010

• Scott Brown's victory in the special election to fill the late Senator Edward Kennedy's Senate seat means that the Democrats no longer have the 60-person majority that could block united Republican opposition to health reform and other Democratic legislation.

• ASH Urges Inclusion of Clinical Trials Coverage Provision in Final Health Reform Bill
• January 21, 2010

• As congressional leaders continue efforts to reach a final agreement on health reform legislation, ASH has joined with a number of organizations to send a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) urging the inclusion of a provision to require coverage of routine patient costs associated with clinical trial participation in the final bill.

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