Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette, reports on a national shortage of pediatric subspecialists. "While Massachusetts has more pediatric sub-specialists per capita than many other states, the doctors are in short supply, even at big institutions like UMass. ...

The Australian Nursing Federation congratulates nurses for once again being voted the most ethical and honest professionals. In the annual Roy Morgan Image of Professions survey 89% of Australians rated nurses as most trusted. Nurses were first included in the survey in 1994 and have topped the list every year since...

A report making recommendations to Health Boards on the development of non medical prescribing in Wales has been issued to Health Board Chief Executive Officers...

Boston Globe: "A two-year-old state ban on gifts in the medical and pharmaceutical industries would be repealed under an economic development bill that the House budget committee began polling its members on yesterday. The ban, which prohibits drug firms from giving gifts and meals to health care professionals, has cut back on local business profits, a summary of the bill states...

Case Western Reserve University's proposed student-run Saturday Free Clinic, slated to open in 2011 for Cleveland's underserved population, will provide the training grounds for future doctors and nurses to learn to work as healthcare partners for the patient. The Clinic would be a student-led partnership with the already existing resource for the community, the Cleveland Free Clinic...

ANF Federal Secretary elect Lee Thomas welcomes the introduction of the Healthcare Identifiers Act saying it will improve patient safety and care by giving nurses and midwives access to electronic health records. Ms Thomas said the ANF hoped the government's e-health reform agenda could now be advanced to deliver a more streamlined health system for the nation...

PEPFAR Working To Provide HIV Prevention, Care, Treatment To LGBT, Clinton Says "Secretary of State Hillary [Rodham] Clinton pledged to end violence and discrimination against gays and lesbians at home and abroad Tuesday," CNN's "Political Ticker" reports. At an event marking LGBT Pride Month, Clinton spoke "about the linkages between gay rights and U.S...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently endorsed "The Role of the Registered Nurse in the Insertion of Intraosseous (IO) Access Devices," an official position paper from the Infusion Nurses Society, Norwood, Mass...

Oxfam Appeals For $10 Million In Hunger Aid For West Africa Oxfam estimates that "more than ten million people across West Africa are facing severe hunger and malnutrition because of drought, poor harvests and rising food prices," Pan African News Agency reports (6/22)...

Speaking in response to today's emergency budget, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: "Nurses are under no illusion that difficult decisions need to be made about public spending, however, it is more important than ever that frontline services, as well as staff morale, are protected...