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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - Getting enough of the right kind of sleep is crucial for keeping both body and mind healthy.