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COLA Cares Week 2011
August 10, 2011 11:26 PM by Matthew T. Patton

At COLA, we’re all part of the same work community. Together we help promote patient safety by promoting lab excellence. Considering that lab testing impacts more than 70 percent of diagnostic decisions, the COLA community’s efforts impact a lot of people. Read More...

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ASCLS Issues Action Alert
June 26, 2011 8:05 PM by Matthew T. Patton

We received the following press release from the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science: Congress is considering including Medicare cuts as part of the debt limit legislative package. One of the potential Medicare cuts would impose a new 20 Read More...

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Lancet Retracts Groundbreaking Paper
February 2, 2010 3:26 PM by Kerri Penno

Today The Lancet retracted a paper published in 1998, which fueled the controversy over the link between vaccines and autism. The paper , a report on "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children," Read More...

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It's Official
June 11, 2009 1:45 PM by Kerri Penno

"The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic." With these words, Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), raised the influenza pandemic alert to phase 6, the highest level. With almost 30,000 confirmed Read More...

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Breaking News
July 17, 2008 8:39 AM by Kerri Penno

Competitive bidding has been repealed. Congress has voted to override President Bush's veto of H.R.6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. This effectively ends the San Diego competitive bidding demonstration and prevents all future Read More...

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