BA.2 variant takes over. What's known about it?BA.2 variant takes over. What's known about it?BA.2 variant takes over. What's known about it?

BA.2 variant takes over. What's known about it?

As the variant advances, scientists are learning more about it. But they still don’t know exactly how it will affect the trajectory of the pandemic.

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Late Centene CEO Neidorff remembered as public health program 'visionary'Late Centene CEO Neidorff remembered as public health program 'visionary'Late Centene CEO Neidorff remembered as public health program 'visionary'

Late Centene CEO Neidorff remembered as public health program 'visionary'

Michael Neidorff's fusion of his personal values with his professional life will define his legacy, policymakers and health insurance leaders said.

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‘Leaving victims with the bill’: Sexual assault survivors are often charged hundreds of dollars for rape kits‘Leaving victims with the bill’: Sexual assault survivors are often charged hundreds of dollars for rape kits‘Leaving victims with the bill’: Sexual assault survivors are often charged hundreds of dollars for rape kits

‘Leaving victims with the bill’: Sexual assault survivors are often charged hundreds of dollars for rape kits

The unexpected bills boil down to a training and policy issue within hospitals: when people in the billing department just don’t know what they should do, and hospitals haven’t made policies clear to staff.

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MACPAC wants more transparency for managed care directed paymentMACPAC wants more transparency for managed care directed paymentMACPAC wants more transparency for managed care directed payment

MACPAC wants more transparency for managed care directed payment

The Medicaid payment advisors may also recommend an upper limit on directed payment amounts in the future.

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பெண்கள் இந்த உணவுகளை ஒரு மாதம் தொடர்ந்து சாப்பிட்டு வந்தால் நினைத்ததை விட விரைவாக கருத்தரிக்கலாமாம்! பெண்கள் இந்த உணவுகளை ஒரு மாதம் தொடர்ந்து சாப்பிட்டு வந்தால் நினைத்ததை விட விரைவாக கருத்தரிக்கலாமாம்!

நீங்கள் நன்றாக சாப்பிட ஆரம்பிக்க கர்ப்பமாக இருக்கும் வரை காத்திருக்க வேண்டியதில்லை. உண்மையில், நீங்கள் கருத்தரிப்பதற்கு முன் ஆரோக்கியமான உணவைப் பின்பற்றுவது உங்கள் கருவுறுதலை அதிகரிக்கவும், ஸ்பைனா பிஃபிடா போன்ற பிறப்பு குறைபாடுகளின் அபாயத்தைக் குறைக்கவும் மற்றும் கர்ப்ப காலத்தில் ப்ரீக்ளாம்ப்சியாவை உருவாக்கும் வாய்ப்புகளைக் குறைக்கவும் உதவும். கருத்தரிப்பதற்கு முன்னரே ஆரோக்கியமாக சாப்பிடத் தொடங்குவது

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மாரடைப்புக்கு வழிவகுக்கும் இரத்த அழுத்தத்தை குறைக்க நீங்க இந்த உணவுகள சாப்பிட்டா போதுமாம் தெரியுமா? மாரடைப்புக்கு வழிவகுக்கும் இரத்த அழுத்தத்தை குறைக்க நீங்க இந்த உணவுகள சாப்பிட்டா போதுமாம் தெரியுமா?

கவனிக்கத்தக்க அறிகுறிகள் இல்லாததால், உயர் அழுத்தம் பெரும்பாலும் அமைதியான கொலையாளி என்று அழைக்கப்படுகிறது. உயர் இரத்த அழுத்தம் நாடு முழுவதும் கவலைக்கு வளர்ந்து வரும் ஒரு காரணியாகும். அதிக உட்கார்ந்த வாழ்க்கை முறைகள் மற்றும் கொழுப்புகள் மற்றும் சர்க்கரைகள் அதிகம் உள்ள ஆரோக்கியமற்ற உணவுகள் காரணமாக கடந்த பத்தாண்டுகளில் இந்தியாவில் இது வேகமாக அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. உலக

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Oregon sues COVID test company, millions of dollars pocketedOregon sues COVID test company, millions of dollars pocketedOregon sues COVID test company, millions of dollars pocketed

Oregon sues COVID test company, millions of dollars pocketed

The state of Oregon sued an Illinois-based COVID-19 testing company on Thursday, saying its owners took millions of dollars in federal funds and insurance money for themselves and boasted about buying a mansion and expensive sports cars.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum sued the Center for Covid Control, or CCC, and its testing partner, Doctors Clinical Laboratory, for deceptively marketing testing services and for violating Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

The lawsuit says Aleya Siyaj and Akbar Ali Syed, the married couple who own CCC, had no prior experience in the medical field or medical testing and had run an axe throwing lounge and a photography studio.

This raises questions about how they managed to become the recipients of federal funds for testing. The lawsuit noted they're also being investigated by the FBI and Illinois public health authorities. FBI agents searched the company’s headquarters near Chicago in January, according to local news reports.

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued the CCC in January, accusing it of improperly handling tests and providing fake results.

The CCC did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. A phone number listed on its website was disconnected. The website said CCC has paused its operations “and will not resume collection of patient samples until staffing resources permit CCC to operate at full capacity.”

Oregon's lawsuit alleges CCC and Doctors Clinical Laboratory falsely told consumers they could provide accurate PCR COVID-19 results within 72 hours, but instead produced questionable test results and lacked proper capacity to store and process the thousands of test specimens they received each day.

“These companies were ill-equipped to scale up as fast as they did,” Rosenblum said in a statement. The lawsuit says CCC grew from one testing site in Illinois — in the former axe throwing lounge — to become one of the largest testing center operators in America, with 300 test sites across the United States, including five in Oregon.

“Oregonians made crucial decisions — about returning to work or school, travel, and visiting family and friends — in reliance on shoddy tests,” she said.

The 29-page lawsuit alleges the couple funneled millions of dollars received from the federal government and insurance companies for testing to themselves.

“Syed posted pictures of the couple’s purchases on social media, including a $1,360,000 mansion and multiple luxury cars worth millions, including a sky blue Lamborghini, a red Lamborghini Countach, a Tesla Model Y, and a Ferrari Enzo," the lawsuit said.

Syed bought that Ferrari, a rare model, for $3.7 million, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, filed in Multnomah County, asks that CCC and DCL be banned permanently from offering COVID-19 testing in Oregon, for restitution for Oregonians who were victimized and for civil penalties of up to $25,000 for each violation of Oregon law, plus attorney fees and costs of Oregon's investigation.

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HHS seeks input on plan to address environmental health disparitiesHHS seeks input on plan to address environmental health disparitiesHHS seeks input on plan to address environmental health disparities

HHS seeks input on plan to address environmental health disparities

The department is considering providing air conditioners and energy bill stipends to people in communities affected by extreme weather.

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FDA seeks input on new medical device cybersecurity guidanceFDA seeks input on new medical device cybersecurity guidanceFDA seeks input on new medical device cybersecurity guidance

FDA seeks input on new medical device cybersecurity guidance

The latest draft guidance for premarket submissions, if finalized, would replace guidance last updated in 2014. The proposal supplants an earlier draft the FDA released in 2018.

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Experts say U.S. suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemicExperts say U.S. suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemicExperts say U.S. suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic

Experts say U.S. suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic

U.S. lawmakers dropped nearly all funding for curbing the virus beyond American borders, a move many health experts slammed as dangerously short-sighted.

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