The bid to secure state funding for UC Riversides Medical School took another step forward this week when a proposal to provide $15 million in ongoing funding was placed in the state budget, according to Riverside’s representatives in Sacramento. The line item for the funding passed an Assembly’s Budget Subcommittee late Wednesday, May 22, and a Senate Budget Subcommittee on Thursday morning, according to a press release issued Thursday afternoon by state Sen. Continue reading
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Liberty Global puts Chellomedia business up for sale
Liberty Global Inc., John Malone’s international cable business, has put its Chellomedia television-channel business up for sale, in a move that could lead to a deal valued at between $800 million and $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Liberty Global, based in Douglas County, owns a collection of broadband networks in more than a dozen countries, including Germany and Belgium. Chellomedia is Liberty Global’s content division, producing and distributing TV channels in a variety of genres including sports, movies and cooking to roughly 390 million households worldwide Continue reading
UT Regents approve plans for medical school in Austin
Thursday, the UT System Board of Regents approved plans to build a $334 million medical school at UT Austin. “It’s going to prepare a generation of physicians and health officials that will be second to none,” said UT System Chancellor Dr. Francisco Cigarroa. Continue reading
Editorial: Massachusetts health care plan a model for fixes to Obamacare
Health Overhaul Benefits 5413.jpg This application obtained by the Associated Press shows the short form for the new federal Affordable Care Act. The first draft was as mind-numbing as a tax form. Last month, the Obama administration unveiled simplified application forms for health insurance benefits under the federal health care overhaul. Continue reading
Cris Cyborg, Ronda Rousey, and the magic numbers that add up to a superfight
Back in the fall of 2012, Mike Dolce flew out to Southern California to meet with Cris Cyborg. At the time, the former Strikeforce featherweight champion was preparing to return from a one-year suspension for a positive steroids test, and looking forward to turning the page. Continue reading
NASA lets poets / send haiku to Red Planet / on a MAVEN's wings
NASA / GSFC The MAVEN orbiter, shown in this artist’s conception, is to be launched toward Mars in November. Continue reading
Political Empire: A turf war has broken out over the new UC Riverside medical school – Video
Political Empire: A turf war has broken out over the new UC Riverside medical school A turf war has broken out over the new UC Riverside medical school, which is set to open this fall. Continue reading
Under criticism, GOP puts off its health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) An effort by House Republicans to highlight problems with President Barack Obamas health care law by bailing out a program for people with pre-existing medical conditions appeared to backfire Wednesday. GOP leaders postponed a scheduled vote after the measure met strong opposition from two directions: from conservative groups resistant to any federal role in health care and from Democrats who objected that the Republicans planned to pay for the high-risk patient program by raiding a disease prevention provision the administration says is essential to the overhaul. The legislation, a departure from the usual GOP efforts to kill the Affordable Health Care Act outright, also faced a White House veto threat. Continue reading
NASA's Wallops Island facility in Va. prepares for the spotlight with Antares rocket launch
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NASA's obscure Wallops facility in Virginia prepares for spotlight
WALLOPS ISLAND, va.On one of Virginia’s small barrier islands, a NASA facility that operates in relative obscurity outside scientific circles is preparing to be thrust into the spotlight. On Wednesday, Orbital Sciences Corp. plans to conduct the first test launch of its Antares rocket under a NASA program in which private companies deliver supplies to the international space station Continue reading
Health care credits could trigger surprise tax bills
WASHINGTON – Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don’t accurately project their income. President Barack Obama’s new health-care law will offer subsidies to help people buy private health insurance on state-based exchanges, if they don’t already get coverage through their employers Continue reading
Beaches first charter school plans to open
Posted: Friday, April 5, 2013 4:45 pm Beaches first charter school plans to open by Alexi Strong, Staff Writer The Beaches Leader, Inc. The Beaches’ first charter school will open its doors to students in kindergarten through second grade this fall, and school representatives say enrollment is already at 60 percent. See the complete story in your e-Edition Continue reading
NASA : Sequester could delay U.S. plan to launch astronauts by 2017
NASA and its commercial allies are on track to launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil by 2017, unless the government’s sequester delays their efforts. “We’re still marching along on our 2017 initial flight for a crewed vehicle,” said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in a teleconference Thursday about the recent SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station Continue reading
MORENO VALLEY: Roth vows to fund medical school
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MedicalSchoolsInUSA.com Releases Review of Core Medical School Requirements, Prerequisites for the Upcoming …
Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) March 22, 2013 As the season gradually transitions into spring, a number of aspiring medical school candidates have begun finalizing a checklist for the upcoming medical school admissions process. According to experts at MedicalSchoolsInUSA.com, although prospective med school students will start to send in their application packets sometime this late summer or early fall, the season for medical school final preparation, review and assessment have started to heat up. Continue reading
Bringing down health care costs isn’t always complicated
Accustomed as we are to thinking of hospitals as beneficent providers of lifesaving and often charitable care, it comes as a shock to learn how many are engaging in, not to put too fine a point on it, price gouging. As Steven Brill shows in his cover story in this weeks Time magazine, nonprofit hospitals, even more than for-profit ones, chase 12 percent profit margins with eye-popping markups on everything from cardio stress tests to gauze pads. The United States spends more per capita on health care, almost $9,000 a year, than any other country, yet it stands in the lowest quartile for life expectancy of developed countries. Continue reading
Villa Del Palmar At The Islands Of Loreto Announces Plans For New Rees Jones-Designed Golf Course And 240-Home …
LORETO, Mexico, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto, the newest member of Villa Group Resorts and Baja’s first “million-star” resort, today announced plans for a spectacular new 18-hole golf course, as well as a 240-home residential community. Continue reading
Upstate's medical school enrolls highest percentage of NY residents in the state
Syracuse, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University’s first year class of medical students has a higher percentage of New York residents than any medical school in the state. Of the 156 students who started in the fall, 87.8 percent are from New York, Upstate announced today Continue reading
MedicalSchoolsInUSA.com Releases Latest List of Medical School Rankings, Requirements
MedicalSchoolsInUSA releases comprehensive list of Medical School Rankings to aid in the upcoming research and application process for potential students. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) February 21, 2013 To aid in their tireless search, MedicalSchoolsInUSA.com, a leading website for medical school guides, tips and information, has launched its latest list of American medical school rankings for the upcoming academic application wave Continue reading
The Tax Institute at H&R Block Announces Event Series Examining Real-World Implications of Health Care Reform
KANSAS CITY, MO–(Marketwire – Feb 15, 2013) – H&R Block ( NYSE : HRB ) — The Affordable Care Act (ACA) not only includes the most significant health care reform in decades, but also some of the largest changes to the tax code, creating many unique and unprecedented issues for taxpayers and the uninsured. To help identify what policymakers, state administrators, small business owners and taxpayers should understand about how the new health care law affects them, The Tax Institute at H&R Block is embarking on a multi-city tour with Bloomberg Government. Continue reading