Friday,
August 29, 2008
TODAY'S NEWS
Obama Accepts Democratic Presidential Nomination; Discusses Health Care, Other Issues at Convention
San Francisco Chronicle
ALSO IN TODAY'S REPORTS
- Wall Street Journal Examines Drugmakers' Use of 'Unbranded Product Advertising' To Promote Disease Awareness, Treatment Options
News summaries of these stories and more will be published at 11:30 a.m. ET in the complete Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report.
THURSDAY'S EVENTS (9/4/2008)
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Host: AcademyHealth
Event: Release of AcademyHealth’s Voluntary Code of Ethical Conduct for the Recruitment of Foreign Educated Nurses to the United States
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Location: National Press Club, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Event Contact: 202-292-6700
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Host: HHS and Health Resources and Services Administration
Event: Meeting of the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines to receive updates from various health offices, September 4-5
Location: Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Md.
Event Contact: Michelle Herzog, 301-443-6593; e-mail, mherzog@hrsa.gov
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Host: Department of Defense and Office of the Secretary of Defense
Event: Meeting of the Defense Health Board, September 4-5
Location: Sheraton Crystal City, 1800 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, Va.
Event Contact: Roger Gibson, 703-681-8448; e-mail, roger.gibson@ha.osd.mil
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Host: HHS, Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science and Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Event: Meeting of the Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 to review the nation's health promotion and disease prevention objectives
Start Time: 10:30 AM
Event Contact: Emmeline Ochiai, 240-453-8259. Please RSVP; or visit Web site.
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Calendar.
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