During the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) awarded their first Partnership in Prevention Award to the National Guard Health Affairs in Saudi Arabia...

Former President Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said Wednesday at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing "that U.S. investments in fighting [HIV/]AIDS, malaria and other diseases in underdeveloped nations save lives and play a vital role in improving America's image abroad," the Associated Press reports.

NARAL Pro-Choice America on Monday announced its endorsement of appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in her bid for a full term in 2010, Politico reports. New York Gov. David Paterson (D) in January appointed Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat vacated by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA ranks among the nation's top pediatric hospitals, according to U.S. News News Media Group's 2009 edition of America's Best Children's Hospitals, published online at

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is encouraging Kansans to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) this April in recognition of STD Awareness Month. To help raise awareness, KDHE's STD Program is working with MTV, the Kaiser Family Foundation, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and other national partners to inform young people about STDs and to promote testing and treatment as needed.