Centene’s membership grew by more than 1 million in the third quarter compared to last year thanks to a big increase in enrollment in its Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans, the company reported Tuesday.
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CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Salami Sticks Has Left 20 Sick
Trader Joe’s has voluntarily stopped selling this product.
Biden Is Down To 3 Options In The Battle Against Covid-19
Ten months into his presidency and 20 months into the pandemic, Joe Biden finds himself in a difficult position. He’s trying to lead the “battle against Covid-19” while living in an age of politics. It’s not going well.
Millions Of Patient Health Records Now At Risk Through Unregulated API’s
Over the course of about a year, a single ethical hacker was able to access millions of patient health records and expose systemic risks in software that are effectively outside the legal jurisdiction of the Health Information Portability and Accountab…
Donovanosis: Why This Is Called A ‘Flesh Eating’ Sexually Transmitted Infection
Data from Public Health England showed that reported cases of donovanosis increased in 2019. But is this STI really on the rise in the U.K.?
FDA: Yet Another Blood Pressure Medication Recall Due To Cancer Concerns
This time it’s Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. recalling all batches of their irbesartan tablets as well as their irbesartan plus hydrochlorothiazide tablets.
Candace Owens Suggests Invading Australia To ‘Free’ People From Covid-19 Precautions
Senator Ted Crux (R-Texas and not Australia) also called Covid-19 precautions in Australia “Covid tyranny.”
Leptospirosis Outbreak In NYC Spread By Rat Urine, 13 Hospitalized, One Dead
New York City has had more reported leptospirosis cases than in 2021 than in any other year in recent memory.
CDC: Onion Recall Due To Salmonella Outbreak That’s Left 652 Ill
It turns out that Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak from a previously unknown food source has an onion ring to it.
What Today’s CDC Covid-19 Vaccine Panel Needs To Confront
Today the CDC committee is expected to recommend implementation of the FDA’s Covid-19 booster approval, in doing so it will tacitly imply that vaccines cannot stop the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccines however, can save lives by preventing severe illness, ho…
