New Jersey joins blue state health alliance rejecting Trump’s CDC; What could go wrong?
Trenton, NJ – New Jersey has officially joined forces with seven Northeastern states and New York City in a new regional health partnership aimed at strengthening science-based public health policy while pushing…
New COVID model predicts over 1 million deaths in China through 2023
By Julie Steenhuysen and Deena Beasley CHICAGO (Reuters) – China’s abrupt lifting of stringent COVID-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to…
Border County Declares Emergency Over Illegal Immigrants Overwhelming Local Health Care System
Border County Declares Emergency Over Illegal Immigrants Overwhelming Local Health Care System Jennie Taer on December 15, 2022 An Arizona border county declared an emergency Wednesday as illegal immigrants needing medical aid…
Spain passes pioneering sexual, reproductive health law
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament on Thursday passed a sexual and reproductive health law that allows girls aged 16 and 17 to undergo abortions without parental consent and, in a first for…
New York City Health Department says it’s time to mask up again
NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Health Department is once again calling upon New Yorkers to mask up. The city health department cited a rise in COVID-19, RSV and the…
Oregon Gov’t Student Health Survey Asks 11-Year-Olds If They Are Trans
Oregon Gov’t Student Health Survey Asks 11-Year-Olds If They Are Trans Reagan Reese on December 14, 2022 The Oregon Department of Education is administering a 2022 student health survey that asks 11-year-olds…
Fauci Says Elon Musk’s ‘Absurd’ Tweets Will Turn Young People Away From Public Health Careers
Fauci Says Elon Musk’s ‘Absurd’ Tweets Will Turn Young People Away From Public Health Careers Harold Hutchison on December 13, 2022 Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed that Elon Musk’s “absurd statements” in “strange,…
Atlantic County Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting State Health Benefits Programs
CAMDEN, N.J. – An Atlantic County man was sentenced today to 37 months for his role in defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent…
Home Health Care Agency Settles Fraud Claims for $1.26 Million and Agrees to Pay $2 Million in Wages and Benefits to Underpaid Aides
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, announced today a settlement agreement with a Brooklyn-based licensed home care service…
Three Central Coast Health Care Providers Agree to Pay $22.5 Million for Alleged False Claims to Medi-Cal Program
LOS ANGELES – Pursuant to two settlements announced today, several Central Coast health care providers have agreed to pay a total of $22.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated federal…
Here’s How The CDC Used A Backchannel With Twitter To Control The COVID-19 Narrative
Here’s How The CDC Used A Backchannel With Twitter To Control The COVID-19 Narrative Alexa Schwerha on December 7, 2022 Twitter set up a portal for government officials and “stakeholders” to submit…
Former Sarasota Pain Doctor Sentenced In Health Care Fraud Kickback Conspiracy
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge William H. Jung has sentenced Dr. Steven Chun (59, Sarasota) for conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks and bribes. Chun was sentenced to three years and…
Nine Florida Residents Arrested for Orchestrating $37 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
MIAMI – Nine Florida residents were arrested this morning by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after being charged by a federal grand jury in Miami with health care fraud and conspiracy…
Yale Allegedly Pressured Students With ‘Mental Health’ Issues To Quit Class, Leave School, Lawsuit Claims
Yale Allegedly Pressured Students With ‘Mental Health’ Issues To Quit Class, Leave School, Lawsuit Claims Alexa Schwerha on December 1, 2022 Yale University allegedly discriminated against students hospitalized for a mental illness…
Chanhassen Psychologist Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Chanhassen psychologist has pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing for counseling services never actually rendered, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, Charles Howard…
Seattle woman who embezzled more than $2.1 million from health club chain sentenced to prison
Seattle – A 57-year-old Seattle woman who embezzled more than $2.1 million from her long-time employer was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year and a day in…
Former Physician Sentenced For Second Health Care Fraud Conviction
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SPYROS PANOS was sentenced to 111 months in prison for health care fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated…
CDC awards over $3 billion to strengthen U.S. public health infrastructure
(Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday it is awarding more than $3 billion to help strengthen public health workforce and infrastructure across the United States…
‘Engendered Stigma’: CNN Medical Correspondent Praises WHO’s Monkeypox Name Change
‘Engendered Stigma’: CNN Medical Correspondent Praises WHO’s Monkeypox Name Change Harold Hutchison on November 28, 2022 A CNN medical correspondent praised the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday for announcing it would change…
Fauci ‘Conveniently Denied Recollection’ Of COVID-19 Censorship During Deposition, Plaintiffs Say
Fauci ‘Conveniently Denied Recollection’ Of COVID-19 Censorship During Deposition, Plaintiffs Say Alexa Schwerha on November 28, 2022 Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed he could not remember details about his role monitoring online speech…
Home Health Aide Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Stealing U.S. Savings Bonds from Elderly Woman
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JHANANNIE SINGH, also known as “Jasmine” and “Sharmala Persaud,” 52, a citizen of Guyana last residing in Queens, New…
Fauci has always led with science, White House tells Americans
When the AIDS epidemic started in the 1980s, Dr. Anthony Fauci was on the front lines of panic peddling in Washington, D.C. Fauci feared that the disease, commonplace in the homosexual community,…
Orange County Pharmacist Found Guilty of 22 Felonies for Her Role in $11 Million Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Military’s Health Care Plan
LOS ANGELES – A licensed Orange County pharmacist has been found guilty by a jury of nearly two dozen federal criminal charges for her role in a health care fraud scheme…
U.S. Attorney’s Office And Federal Partners Receive National Investigation Of The Year Award From The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee announces that members of its staff and participating federal partners received a national commendation for their work in Operation…
Journalist Claims NBC Reporter Aided ‘GOP Efforts’ By Reporting On Fetterman’s Health
Journalist Claims NBC Reporter Aided ‘GOP Efforts’ By Reporting On Fetterman’s Health Harold Hutchison on November 20, 2022 A journalist explained Friday why she criticized NBC reporter Dasha Burns over her reporting…
Violent neighborhoods making NYC children unhealthy, obese, study claims
NEW YORK, NY – A study published by Science Direct in October claims life in dangerous New York City neighborhoods is contributing to the overall obesity and unhealthiness of city children. According…
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