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Presidential Campaigns Staff Up In Arizona
Memphis resident Eugenia Williams says she has two top candidatesâ -Vice President Joe Biden and Bloombergâ -but that Bloomberg's healthcare proposal may help her decide. He also suggested he would support the eventual nominee, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., his choice would be easy. Bloomberg has donated billions to causes including gun control and climate change, with Philadelphia b... [Full Article...]
California AG Becerra Announces Details of Settlement With Sutter Health
It requires Sutter to pay $575 million in compensation to compensate employers, unions, and others covered under the class action lawsuit, and to pay their legal fees associated with this case. Becerra called it "one of the largest actions against anti-competitive conduct in the health care marketplace across the country, with unprecedented levels of injunctive relief to restore competition in the... [Full Article...]
CDC says doctors should monitor patients more closely after their release
Those who died after hospital discharge were more likely to be 50 or older. The CDC has issued a set of reports showing that the lung disease associated with vaping seems to be declining from peak rates, and that Vitamin E acetate seems - as speculated early on - to be the prime suspect for the epidemic. [Full Article...]
Study predicts nearly half of U.S. will be obese within a decade
More than half of Americans in 29 states, mostly in the South and the Midwest, are projected to be obese. While no state will be untouched by the nation's obesity problem, some will clearly bear a greater burden. Chan School of Public Health as well as George Washington's Milken Institute School of Public Health in D.C. The projections, published December 19 in the New England Journal of Me... [Full Article...]
Missing mom, newborn in Texas: Reports of body found
Investigators believe Broussard returned home with her baby before they both disappeared. Austin police said they are awaiting the results of an autopsy Friday before stating with certainty the body is Broussard. Broussard, 33, and her infant daughter, Margot, were last seen dropping off a child at Austin's Cowan Elementary School on the morning of December 12, according to Austin police. [Full Article...]
Why Matt Bevin Pardoned Child Rapist? Girl's Hymen
Bevin called child rapists "the scum of the earth", but went on to say there was no real evidence that Schoettle was guilty. Kentucky medical examiner Dr. "But trust me, if you have been repeatedly sexually violated as a small child by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically". [Full Article...]
U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 55; up to 2,506 ill
Virgin Islands) - which now includes Rhode Island. In a separate study in the CDC's Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, of the 2,409 people whose cases were reported to the CDC as of December 10, thirty-one patients who had been discharged got sick again and had to be readmitted to the hospital, and seven people died shortly after discharge. [Full Article...]
Packaged and fast foods contain dangerously high levels of salt, fat: CSE
The CSE report demanded that the fast and packed foods containing salt and fat higher than the thresholds should be labelled "red" so that parents and children can ascertain as to how much salt and fat they are consuming. It is to be noted that Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) is fixed as per the requirement of necessary nutrients by our body and according to RDA, a person needs 5 gram of sal... [Full Article...]