Rite Aid eliminated its chief operating officer position and consolidated pharmacy leadership roles in its latest cost-cutting move.
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Florida Surgeon General Ladapo Will Recommend Against Covid-19 Vaccines For Healthy Children
Today, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, announced that the Florida Department of Health will soon officially recommend against Covid-19 vaccination for healthy children.
Strength Training 30 To 60 Minutes A Week May Help You Live Longer, Studies Say
Weight training, resistance training, and other muscle strengthening exercises also were associated with decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes as well as longer sleep.
A Plan For Covid-19 The Next Normal: Part 1 – A Roadmap
Getting to and Sustaining the Next Normal: A Roadmap for Living with COVID is a comprehensive blueprint written by a who’s who of health, scientific, and policy experts to set us on the path to the “next normal” with Covid-19, lest we develop a collect…
“No Weekend Surgery”Dooming Many Awaiting Life-Saving Transplants: Report
Large numbers of Americans awaiting life-saving organ transplants are dying because many transplant centers don’t do surgery on the weekend. The overall rejection rate for available kidneys could be slashed…by measures such as ensuring centers perfor…
Covid-19 ‘Freedom’ Protest Blocks DC Area Traffic, #TruckersConvoy2022 Contrasts This With Ukraine Crisis
People on Twitter contrasted the “People’s Convoy” claims about freedom with what the Ukrainian people have been going through right now with Russia’s invasion that’s been orchestrated by Vladimir Putin.
3 New Studies Further Support Wuhan Market As Origin Of Covid-19 Pandemic
One study traced back the earliest reported Covid-19 cases to the southwestern portion of the Huanan Seafood Market and more specifically to a stall that sold live animals at the time.
Alignment Healthcare Posts Loss Despite Medicare Advantage Growth
Alignment Healthcare, a provider of Medicare Advantage, reported a $47 million loss in its most recent quarter even as health plan membership took off.
Study Shows Nerve Damage In Long Covid Even After Only Mild Covid-19
There have been reports of “long haulers” suffering Guillain-Barré syndrome, mononeuritis multiplex, brachial plexitis, cranial neuropathies, orthostatic intolerance, and a variety of other neurological issues.
Blue Cross Plans Will Back Nonprofit Drug Maker’s Cheaper Insulin
Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance companies say they will join nonprofit drug maker Civica Rx’s effort to make and sell cheaper versions of insulin at more than $30 per vial.
