Florida’s plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada — designed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and endorsed by President Donald Trump — has tasted its first bitter pill. No private firms bid on Florida’s $30 million contract to set up ... [Continue Reading]
North Carolina Treasurer Took On the Hospitals. Now He’s Paying Political Price.
Cartel is a term frequently associated with illegal narcotics syndicates. In North Carolina, it has become the favored word of State Treasurer Dale Folwell to describe the state’s hospital industry, the antagonist in his quest to lower health ... [Continue Reading]
Travel on Thanksgiving? Pass the COVID
Molly Wiese was truly stumped. Her parents and siblings live in Southern California, and Wiese, a 35-year-old lawyer, has returned home every Christmas since she moved to Minnesota in 2007. Because of the pandemic, Wiese thought it would be wiser to ... [Continue Reading]
Workers Fired, Penalized for Reporting COVID Safety Violations
This story also ran on Fortune. It can be republished for free. When COVID-19 began making headlines in March, Charles Collins pulled out a protective face mask from the supply at the manufacturing company in Rockaway, New Jersey, where he ... [Continue Reading]
Californians Asked to Pony Up for Stem Cell Research — Again
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In an election year dominated by a chaotic presidential race and splashy statewide ballot initiative campaigns, Californians are being asked to weigh in on the value of stem cell research — again. Proposition 14 would authorize ... [Continue Reading]
COVID en LA: prevención en los trabajos ha salvado vidas de latinos, dicen oficiales
Funcionarios del condado de Los Angeles atribuyen la dramática disminución de casos y muertes por COVID-19 entre afroamericanos y latinos, en los últimos dos meses, a la agresiva aplicación de las normas de salud en los lugares de ... [Continue Reading]
Aunque preferiría cerrar, la cadena de tiendas COVID-19 Essentials se expande
Lone Tree, Colorado.- Darcy Velásquez, de 42 años, y su madre, Roberta Truax, caminaban recientemente por el centro comercial Park Meadows, 15 millas al sur del centro de Denver, buscando regalos de Navidad para los dos hijos de ... [Continue Reading]
Pandemia obstaculiza al preciado bloque de votantes en centros de adultos mayores
La convergencia de la pandemia de coronavirus y las elecciones ha complicado la votación de este año para quienes viven en residencias, centros de vivienda asistida y otros espacios de atención a largo plazo para adultos ... [Continue Reading]
Pandemic Erects Barriers for Prized Bloc of Voters in Nursing Homes, Senior Facilities
The convergence of the coronavirus pandemic and election season has complicated this year’s voting for residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care centers. Many seniors who need help to get or fill out their ... [Continue Reading]
Wear a Mask. If Only It Were That Simple.
Nils Hase, a retiree who lives in Tarpon Springs, Florida, is wearing a mask and loading his Home Depot haul into his car on a recent weekday afternoon. In the store, because Home Depot insists customers and staff across the country wear masks, most ... [Continue Reading]
Thousands of Minks Dead as COVID Outbreak Escalates on Utah Farms
Thousands of minks at Utah fur farms have died because of the coronavirus in the past 10 days, forcing nine sites in three counties to quarantine, but the state veterinarian said people don’t appear to be at risk from the outbreak. The COVID-19 ... [Continue Reading]