Abbott Laboratories is rebounding from last year’s manufacturing shutdown of its U.S. baby formula plant thanks to strong medical device sales taking the place of lost revenue of COVID-19 tests.
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Elevance Health Profits Hit $2 Billion As Insurer Adds 1.3 Million Members
Elevance Health reported a first quarter profit of nearly $2 billion as the health insurer added more than 1 million new members.
13-Year-Old Ohio Boy Dies After Trying The TikTok ‘Benadryl Challenge’
He ended up ingesting 12 to 14 pills of the over-the-counter antihistamine.
As Health Plans Address Social Determinants, UnitedHealth Group To Make 2.5 Million Home Visits This Year
UnitedHealth Group clinicians will make more than 2.5 million visits to patients’ homes this year as health insurers address social determinants of health.
Teen TikToker Says Fart Led To Uterus Coming Out Her Vagina
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Your Doctor Consulting ChatGPT Isn’t An Intelligent Choice (Yet): Study
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In the U.S,, the XBB.1.16 accounted for an estimated 7.2% of all Covid-19 samples from April 9 to April 15, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s up from 3.9% the week before and 2.1% the week prior to that.
Blastomycosis Fungal Outbreak In Michigan Paper Mill: 1 Dead, 12 Hospitalized
All 97 of the confirmed and probable cases had spent time at the Billerud Paper Mill as employees, contractors, or other types of visitors.
That New Car Smell Could Bring Cancer Risk, Study Says
Don Draper once said on the TV show Mad Men that “Happiness is the smell of a new car.” Well, a study just published in Cell Reports Physical Science found something besides happiness.
Healthier Uses For The $5 Billion NextGen Covid-19 Funds
Paraphrasing a line miscredited to Einstein: “Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.” With the just announced White House $5 Billion Covid-19 NextGen Project for vaccine research and development, it seems that our pand…
