The following is an excerpt from Independent via Yahoo! News. America’s top three pharmacy chains have been ordered to cough up $650.5m to Ohio counties Lake and Trumbull for fueling the opioid epidemic after oversupplying the drug. CVS, Walmart and Walgreens will have to pay a third of […]
The following is an excerpt from Medscape Medical News. New evidence-based patient-facing breast cancer guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) call for annual mammograms for all average-risk women over age 40 years. This simplifies the message, says the
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NorthShore University HealthSystem has been ordered to pay out a first-of-its-kind settlement to healthcare workers who challenged the hospital system’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates. The healthcare workers will share an overall $10.3 million received in the settlement agreement. Thirteen NorthShore healthcare
The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Hospital Review. TeleTracking Technologies has gathered and reported Covid-19 hospitalization data since the early days of the pandemic in 2020, but that responsibility will return to the CDC later this year, Bloomberg reported Aug. 12.
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(Original airdate May 8, 2022) There’s been an upheaval in education during the past two years of the Covid pandemic. Part of the change has pressed parents into increased involvement, even activism. Lisa Fletcher reports on one movement. From protests
A judge in the Eastern District of Virginia has ordered the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide unredacted copies of certain documents to ascertain whether NIH improperly redacted them. This ruling pertains to a lawsuit filed by Empower Oversight,
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals is reporting that two children have died after taking Zolgensma, a gene therapy drug designed to treat a rare condition called spinal muscular atrophy. In an email statement, Novartis says the children died from acute liver failure about
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The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Hospital Review. Cleveland-based University Hospitals is scaling back care at two hospitals and consolidating services. The health system announced July 14 that it is ending inpatient, surgical and emergency services at UH Bedford (Ohio) Medical
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