SEATTLE (AP) UW Medicine and PeaceHealth announced plans Monday for a strategic affiliation to coordinate medical services. The Seattle Times reports the two organizations say they will remain legally separate and independent. The taxpayer-supported UW Medicine includes the University of Washington and Harborview medical centers in Seattle as well as Northwest Hospital, Valley Medical Center, neighborhood clinics and Airlift Northwest. Continue reading
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In the next 30 years, the U.S. Census Bureau expects the number of people age 65 or older to double, jumping to 80 million. That domestic trend mirrors a larger global trend: By 2050, more people worldwide will be older than 65 than younger, according to the United Nations. Continue reading
Mars redux: NASA to launch Curiosity-like rover
LOS ANGELES (AP) If you thought NASA’s latest Mars landing was a nail-biter, get ready for a sequel. The space agency on Tuesday announced plans to launch another mega-rover to the red planet in 2020 that will be modeled after the wildly popular Curiosity. Continue reading
Astronaut Scott Kelly to spend year in space
Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, both veterans of long-duration space flights, will spend a full year aboard the International Space Station in 2015-16 to help scientists learn more about how the body reacts and adapts to weightlessness and other aspects of the space environment. The research is aimed at helping scientists and engineers develop possible countermeasures for future manned missions to deep space destinations including the moon, nearby asteroids and, eventually, Mars Continue reading
Two space veterans named to yearlong station flight
To collect data on how the human body reacts and adapts to the space environment, a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will spend a full year aboard the International Space Station. Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, both veterans of long-duration space flights, will spend a full year aboard the International Space Station to help scientists learn more about how the body reacts and adapts to weightlessness and other aspects of the space environment Continue reading
Liberty Global proceeds with Telenet offer amid valuation questions
Liberty Global Inc. doesn’t plan to change its offer to buy out the shares of Belgium’s Telenet Group Holding NV for 35 euro ($45) a share, despite a Lazard Ltd. report saying the company is worth 37 euro to 42 euro. Continue reading
University health privatization a 'mixed bag'
Like most college students, Eric Kamler is young and healthy. He suffers from the occasional cold, but by and large, hes rarely had to use the University Health Center Continue reading
Professor talks about alliance of Nason, ARHS
Three health care trends underlie the recently announced plans of two local hospitals to create a countywide health care system, according to a health policy and administration professor at Penn State. The increasing need for hospitals to adopt information technology, assume financial risk based on patient outcomes and to coordinate care across a variety of settings is forcing hospitals all across the country to consolidate, said Dennis Shea, in the aftermath of the announcement by Altoona Regional Health System and Nason Hospital Continue reading
Aerospace company to open plant in Stillwater
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A Belgian aerospace company announced plans Monday to open a plant in Stillwater, creating up to 600 jobs and investing up to $100 million by 2015. Gov. Continue reading