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…
COVID patients face risks after hospital; kids’ hearts return to normal after rare inflammatory illness
By Nancy Lapid – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be…
Cardinal Health Agrees to Pay More than $13 Million to Resolve Allegations that it Paid Kickbacks to Physicians
BOSTON – Ohio-based pharmaceutical distributor, Cardinal Health, Inc., has agreed to pay $13,125,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying “upfront discounts” to its physician practice customers,…
Wife Comes Out As Gay After 6 Years Of Marriage, Says Her Husband Helps Her Pick Up Chicks
A North Carolina woman told her husband she was gay after six years of marriage but said they would remain a couple and will help each other “pick up women,” the New York Post…
England plans to revoke mandatory COVID jabs for health workers
LONDON -The British government plans to revoke its decision to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for health workers in England after warnings that an already-stretched service could face serious staff shortages. The policy…
U.S. grants full approval to Moderna’s COVID vaccine in adults
-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave full approval to Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine for people age 18 and older, making it the second fully approved vaccine for the virus.…
Cardinal Health to pay $13 million to resolve U.S. kickback case
By Nate Raymond BOSTON -Drug distributor Cardinal Health Inc has agreed to pay more than $13 million to resolve allegations it gave doctors kickbacks to buy pharmaceutical products paid for by federal…
Exclusive-U.S. diabetes deaths top 100,000 for second straight year, federal panel urges new strategy
By Chad Terhune and Robin Respaut – More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021, marking the second consecutive year for that grim milestone and spurring a call for a federal…
Omicron subvariant BA.2 more infectious than “original”, Danish study finds
COPENHAGEN – The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which has quickly taken over in Denmark, is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people,…
Merck’s COVID pill is last choice for U.S. patients, global use varies
By Deena Beasley – Merck & Co’s new antiviral pill, once touted as a potential game changer for treating COVID-19, is the last choice among four available options for at-risk patients given…
Dr. Anthony Fauci references original COVID-19 strain as the “Wuhan” virus
It’s not politically correct to call the COVID-19 virus that has killed 6,000,000 people globally in a worldwide pandemic by the name of it’s origin region, Wuhan, China. In fact, it can…
Medical Imaging Companies CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for $250 Million Health Care Fraud Run Via State Workers’ Comp System
SAN DIEGO – The CEO of several Southern California-based medical imaging companies was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for running a scheme that submitted more than $250 million…
Monmouth County reports 1,198 COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths over four day period
FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone and County Commissioner Deputy Director Susan M. Kiley have announced that between Monday, Jan. 24 and Thursday, Jan. 27 there have been…
Maryland COVID-19 hospitalization continue falling, 11 million vaccinated as omicron subsides
ANNAPOLIS, MD—As COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 2,000, Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland has surpassed yet another significant milestone with 11 million COVID-19 vaccines administered. “We continue to…
U.S. health agency has ‘persistent deficiencies’ in its crisis response -watchdog
By Kanishka Singh – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has “persistent deficiencies” in its ability to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies, the U.S. congressional watchdog…
Unvaccinated Must Be ‘Accompanied At All Times’ While Shopping At Big Box Stores, Canadian Health Ministry Says
Unvaccinated residents of the Canadian province of Quebec must be accompanied while shopping at big box retailers to ensure they only purchase pharmaceutical products, the province’s health ministry announced Sunday. Quebec instituted…
Biden Announces A Record 14.5 Million Americans Signed Up For Obamacare
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the 14.5 million Americans signed up for health insurance via the Affordable Care Act for 2022. “Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for…
Phil Murphy isn’t going to lift New Jersey’s school mask mandate anytime soon, here’s why
TRENTON, NJ – Last week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy hinted he might lift his school mask mandate for preschools and K-12 students statewide by the end of the 2022 school year.…
Biden says 14.5 million Americans have signed up for health insurance since November
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said on Thursday 14.5 million Americans have signed up for health insurance since Nov. 1, attributing the progress to the passage of his pandemic…
Trial for first Omicron specific booster shot started by Moderna
Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it had started a mid-stage study, testing a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine specifically designed to target the Omicron coronavirus variant, a day after rival Pfizer…
Americas experiencing highest COVID-19 caseload since start of pandemic
BRASILIA -New cases of COVID-19 in the Americas in the past week have been the highest since the pandemic began in 2020 and the very contagious Omicron variant has clearly become the…
Over 61% of hospital cases reported in New Jersey are not COVID-19 related
TRENTON, NJ – New data released by the New Jersey Department of Health and Governor Phil Murphy shows that only 39% of the reported COVID-19 hospitalizations are in fact primarily COVID-19 hospitalizations.…
New Jersey reported 200,000 breakthrough cases in past 30 days
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Department of health has reported 200,000 cases of COVID-19 among the fully vaccinated and boosted during the 30 day period of the omicron spike. The news…
Joe Biden’s free at-home tests for Americans made in China purchased through U.S. Army contract
(REUTERS) China’s Andon Health Co Ltd has said on Friday it has signed a contract worth $1.28 billion with the U.S. Army Contracting Command to supply COVID-19 self-test kits, according to Reuters.…
COVID is less severe with Omicron than Delta, U.S. study suggests
By Manojna Maddipatla and Leroy Leo – The Omicron variant appears to result in less severe COVID-19 than seen during previous periods of high coronavirus transmission including the Delta wave, with shorter…
Fauci says ‘prudent’ to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be needed
WASHINGTON -A COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant would be “prudent” even if it ultimately may not be needed, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Tuesday as Pfizer announced…
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