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Pennsylvania Crozer Health Will Close Unless It Receives $9M By TodayA deal must be made by 4 p.m., said an attorney for Prospect Medical Holdings, which owns Taylor Hospital and Crozer-Chester Medical Center. If not, Prospect will pursue a closure motion in court and the hospitals will go on diversion ?sending ambulances to other hospitals ? starting Thursday. CBS News:$9 Million Needed By Wednesday To Save Crozer Health System In Delaware County, PennsylvaniaThe deal to save the Crozer Health system in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is on the brink of collapse. An att <a href=Link cup</a> orney for Prospect Medical Holdings, which owns Taylor Hospital and Crozer-Chester Medical Center, told the judge on Tuesday an additional $9 million is needed by 4 p.m. W <a href=Link cooler</a> ednesday to keep the hospitals open, or Prospect attorneys said they ll pursue a closure motion with the cou <a href=Link cup</a> rt for an orderly closure. Holden and Kenworthy, 4/8 In other corporate news 擬odern Healthcare:Connecticut Approves Northwell Health, Nuvance Health MergerNorthwell Health and Nuvance Health have cleared the last regulatory hurdle聽in their proposed merger after receiving聽certificate of need approval from Connecticut s Office of Health Strategy, a spokesperson for the agency said Tuesday.聽The two systems will follow terms outlined by New York s and Connecticut s attorneys general in August, including expansion of womens health services through labor and delivery at Nuvance s Sharon Connecticut Hospit Mifo Juul To Voluntarily Stop Selling Mint-Flavored Pods Ahead Of Anticipated Ban From Trump Administration
Boston Globe Examines HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Three Chinese ProvincesThe Boston Globe on Monday examined the HIV/AIDS epidemic in China s Y <a href=Link sb dunk</a> unnan, Guangxi and Xinjiang provinces, which are home to about half of the country s HIV-positive people Pocha, Boston Globe, 6/5 . According to a report released in January by China s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS, an estimated 650,000 HIV-positive people lived in China in 2005, and 75,000 of those people have developed AIDS Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 3/7 . Some experts say that there could be up to 200,000 HIV cases in Yunnan and 300,000 in Guangxi and Xinjiang. According to the Globe, the provinces epidemics likely are the result of their proximity to the world s largest heroin-producing regions of Afghanistan, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. In addition, a lack of HIV/AIDS education among drug users is common in many countries, the Globe reports. But in Yunnan and other western provinces the problem is compounded b <a href=Link samba</a> y the preexisting feeling of social dislocation within the region, which is China s poorest. Minority groups make up about 35 percent of the local population and often feel excluded from mainstream life in predominantly Han China. Although the government provid <a href=Link sambarose</a> es needle-exchange programs and medications to HIV-positive people at no cost, many heroin users avoid official centers where needles are distributed. In addition, the bureaucratic processes that HIV-positive people must go through to |