

Health Services Administration study abroad opportunities at Harlaxton College in England. Five-week and ten-day programs for summer 2008 are discussed.
| HMOs to stay in Florida Medicaid reform program after agency for health care administration agrees to lower payment cuts (News-Medical-Net) Three Florida HMOs have said they will continue participating in a "Medicaid Reform" plan after the Agency for Health Care Administration agreed to reduce payments by an average of 3% on Sept. 1, instead of 5% as previously announced, Florida Health News reports (Florida Health News, 9/2). |
| CalPERS selcts new health plan chief (BizJournals) The California Public Employees? Retirement System has appointed Ellen Badley as new chief of the Office of Health Plan Administration. |
| Chemical in Plastic Is Connected to Health Problems in Monkeys (Washington Post) Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked a chemical found in everyday plastics to problems with brain function and mood disorders in monkeys -- the first time the chemical has been connected to health problems in primates. |
| Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and American Red ... (Centre Daily Times) MEDIA ADVISORY: |
| Parents worry more about kids' mental health (Detroit Free Press) Parents of about 15 percent of kids spoke to school staff or health care providers about their children's emotional and behavior problems in the last year, according to a survey out Wednesday, the first ever to gauge the issue. |
