Judy Teeple: It's ‘H1N1,' not ‘swine' flu

I was a recent visitor to your area and thoroughly enjoyed my visit while biking and hiking the beautiful mountains and bike trails. I regularly read the Summit Daily News for its interesting articles. I would like to add that the current flu strain is called “H1N1” and not swine flu as reported in your paper. This directive was announced several weeks ago by the Dept. of Health and Human Services and was meant to dispel the misinformation about the origins of H1N1. Thousands of pork producers across the country are experiencing drastic declines in the sale of pork through the proliferation of the use of “swine flu” for the current flu strain.Please stop using “swine flu” and replace with the correct nomenclature — “H1N1.”

Praise for Scotland's fight against health fraudsters

THE approach in Scotland to tackling healthcare fraud has been praised by European officials at an event in Edinburgh.

The city this week hosted the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network annual conference in a bid to halt those who cheat health systems out of money across the continent.

The EHFCN's president, Paul Vincke, has praised efforts to clamp down in Scotland, and said: "Our Scottish members have always proven very active and motivated in their fight against healthcare fraud."

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Against the backdrop of a spate of recent acquisitions by international technology companies like Dell and Xerox, Indian IT major Wipro on Friday said it is looking at acquisitions to fuel growth.
"We are selectively looking at acquisitions it will be a string of smaller ones," Wipro chairman Azim Premji told reporters on the sidelines of a conference.
He, however, declined to divulge further details saying, "It is premature to talk of them." Premji said.
Wipro is focusing on the domestic sector, which accounts for just about 5 per cent of its Rs 6,274 crore (Rs 62.74 billion) revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. About a quarter of domestic sales comes from government projects.