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Ex-Gov. Kate Brown must give deposition in case alleging ‘indifference’ to state
Former Gov. Kate Brown will be compelled to answer questions in a deposition as part of a pending case that alleges she and the state failed to protect Oregon prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic, a judge ruled Wednesday.The ruling…
VA rescinds COVID-19 delay to disability claims
In March 2020, a national emergency was declared due to the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak. In response to this emergency, VA adjusted how it processed claims, acknowledging how the pandemic affected certain aspects of…
Novavax Expects Its Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate to Work on Circulating
Novavax’s updated COVID-19 vaccine candidate is likely to protect against circulating omicron variants, according to a company official.Filip Dubovsky, the company’s head of research and development, said that the shot targets the…
Plano dentist sentenced to prison for fraud related to COVID-19 relief funds
PLANO (CBSNewsTexas.com) - A Plano dentist who pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with COVID-19 relief funds, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay back $1.49 million in restitution.…
Newspaper headlines: Mortgage rates ‘squeeze’ and ‘Phil won’t watch…
5 June 2023, 01:14 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoImage caption, There is no stand-out lead across Monday's newspapers. The Times leads with a story about the GMB and Unite unions, which both back Labour, criticising the party's "proposed ban on…
How Covid made it nearly impossible to pass new vaccine rules
While only a handful of mostly small, rural districts formally opposed the bill, statewide education groups also started to privately pressure the lawmaker to drop or soften her proposal.
Toxic, pandemic-era battles over immunizations…
Kelly, Davids urge 120,000 Kansans to take part in post-coronavirus Medicaid
photo by: Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Gov. Laura Kelly and U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, both Democrats, urged…
UofL receives $6.1M in grants to research issues related to COVID-19
The University of Louisville has received millions in funding to research how lung issues in some COVID-19 patients become serious or even deadly.On Friday, it was announced the team of researchers received $5.8 million in two…
Dr. Drew Airs Wild Anti-Vax Conspiracy About Jamie Foxx’s Medical Emergency
Was Jamie Foxx left “partially paralyzed and blind” after a stroke in April? That’s the wholly unsubstantiated claim now being floated by a gossip columnist, who appeared on longtime reality TV host Dr. Drew’s online talk show this week…
Opinion | American life expectancy is dropping — and it’s not all covid’s fault
June 1, 2023 at 6:15 a.m. EDTComment on this storyCommentSteven H. Woolf is a professor of family medicine and population health at Virginia Commonwealth University. Laudan Aron is a senior fellow in the Health Policy Center at the Urban…