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Washington, DC - More than 2,200 people die from alcohol poisoning each year in the United States - an average of six deaths each day - according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Norwalk, Connecticut - Hospitals with high Medicare patient readmission rates have just under six months to ramp up their reduction efforts and avoid stiffer financial penalties for patient readmissions. To help, Midas+, A Xerox Company, has developed a powerful, almost 100 percent accurate data-driven solution that estimates excessive readmission rates and the associated financial penalties for two fiscal years in the future.
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San Francisco, California - Symic Biomedical announced today that the company has secured $15 million in Series A financing. This financing will support the company's ongoing development of its novel therapeutics and advancement of its two lead programs into clinical trials.
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Davis, California - Researchers at the University of California, Davis, will explore ways to speed production of the Ebola drug Zmapp with a $200,000 rapid-response grant from the National Science Foundation.
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West Lafayette, Indiana - A new study suggests pharmaceuticals and chemicals from personal care products end up in swimming pools, possibly interacting with chlorine to produce disinfection byproducts with unknown properties and health effects.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Getting enough of the right kind of sleep is crucial for keeping both body and mind healthy.
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