Eric Goosby, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and administrator of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, said that slowing the spread of HIV among pregnant women is one of his top priorities, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday ordered a halt on California's 5% cut to Medi-Cal payments for hospitals, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Medi-Cal is the state's Medicaid program. In July 2008, legislation took effect that reduced Medi-Cal reimbursements by 10%.
