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Ousted FDA vaccine chief says U.S. measles elimination status under threat as cases climb
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “tepid endorsement” of measles vaccination puts the U.S. at risk of losing its elimination status of the disease as early as January, the Food and Drug Administration’s former top vaccine regulator said Tuesday — as experts warn the Texas outbreak may become among the biggest on record. “Given the
Ousted Alberta Health Services boss warned of private surgery prices, documents show
The former head of Alberta Health Services, Athana Mentzelopoulos, tried to caution the government about the potential impact of chartered surgical facilities on the provincial health-care system months before she was fired, CBC has learned. Mentzelopoulos earlier this month filed a $1.7-million wrongful dismissal suit alleging she faced government pressure to sign off on commitments
Alberta ousted health services CEO amid probe into medical contracts, document alleges
Open this photo in gallery: Athana Mentzelopoulos. Premier Danielle Smith’s government dismissed the head of Alberta Health Services two days before she was scheduled to meet with the province’s Auditor-General to discuss her investigation into procurement contracts and deals for private surgical facilities, according to a letter obtained by The Globe and Mail. The letter
Jeff Shell Ousted as NBCUniversal CEO Over ‘Inappropriate Relationship’
Comcast president Mike Cavanagh will take over duties as chief of the media and entertainment conglomerate NBC Universal chief Jeff Shell (Getty Images) Jeff Shell has been removed as CEO of NBCUniversal effective immediately due to an “inappropriate relationship” with a female employee, according to a statement from parent company Comcast. Shell’s team will now
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Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US
An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem after she was denied blood pressure medications while held in Florida. A Venezuelan man said
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Focused on Work, Needed at Home: A Federal Caregiving Policy Might Help
(Candice Evers for WPLN and KFF Health News) Jill Woodrow reached a tipping point as a caregiver when her mom began struggling to communicate information about her latest doctor appointments. Woodrow’s mother, a uterine cancer survivor, was seeing specialists to get to the bottom of several new, concerning symptoms. “When she would try to tell
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How digital platforms and policy shifts reshape GLP-1 affordability
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Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What It’s Like To Be Sued Over Medical Debt.
When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more than she and her husband made in a month combined. “I’m freaking out,” said Wood, who lives in a 1,700-square-foot home in Terryville, a village just outside Bristol, Connecticut. “I don’t understand it.” Wood, 52
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Former Angels Top Prospect Jordyn Adams, 26, Commits To SMU Football
The 2018 wide receiver recruiting class was spearheaded by top prospects Amon-Ra St. Brown and Ja’Marr Chase. Both elite talents lived up to the immense hype and have since become All-Pro receivers in the NFL. Lost in that group was the player who sat between Brown and Chase in the rankings — a once highly-touted