Like a fine wine, these stories have only matured with age. Pair today’s Daily Dose with your favorite cheese as we take a look at some updates.

— Last May we wrote about the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s plan to build a tuberculosis and HIV research laboratory in Durban, South Africa. In the latest issue of Nature, there’s an interview with William Bishai, a tuberculosis researcher who was just tapped to lead the lab. Bishai says the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) “is a tremendous opportunity to conduct research in a place where the disease under study is abundant”. (Nature)

— We ran a story about the potential advantages of using telemedicine in prison populations in last month’s issue. Allowing doctors to examine patients remotely could save billions of dollars and improve quality of care. Implementation could come sooner than expected if a recent proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to make it easier for hospitals to obtain telemedicine credentials is approved. (Healthcare IT News)

–Our March news focus examined the potential advantages of electronic medical records, as well as some of the hurdles to their widespread implementation. A recent study conducted in the UK shows that access to electronic medical records reduced the median time taken to treat Chlamydia patients after an initial diagnosis from 15 days to 3.5 days. (Businessweek)

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