After Saving $6 Million on Employee Health Coverage: Next Step is Shopping the Joint Insurance Fund
By Mayor Daniel T. Rodrick As the Mayor of Toms River, I firmly believe in the importance of fiscal responsibility and transparency in governance. Today, I want to share an important step…
Former West Michigan Doctor Charged With Health Care Fraud And False Statements
Dr. Daniel Castro Formerly Practiced at Bronson Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – A federal grand jury in Grand Rapids returned an indictment charging…
Denmark Officially Becomes First EU Country To Drop All Domestic COVID Restrictions
Denmark lifted all domestic COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday, becoming the first member of the European Union to do so, BBC News reported. Case counts of the virus are still relatively high in…
Phil Murphy has no plan to coverage healthcare worker shortages caused by mass firings due to latest vaccine mandate, Bucco says
TRENTON, NJ – Senator Anthony M. Bucco said Governor Phil Murphy still has no plan to address worker shortages that are almost certain to impact hospitals, long-term care facilities, and prisons as…
Caregiver who abused, beat autistic child found guilty on felony charge
BUFFALO, NY – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that Erie County Court Judge Suzanne Maxwell Barnes has found 37-year-old Derrick C. Warburton, II of Cheektowaga guilty of one count of Endangering…
New Jersey’s frontline healthcare workers deserve more than a memorial and a pat on the back
NEWARK, NJ – When COVID-19 was new and unknown, most of America locked themselves inside their homes for months. Businesses were shut down. Schools were closed. Life essentially stopped dead in its…
Watch: Joe Rogan reacts to claims of misinformation even as past misinformation is now fact
Podcast host Joe Rogan responds to calls for his podcast to be removed from Spotify over claims he spreads ‘misinformation’ about COVID-19. Rogan pointed out that past claims of misinformation by tech…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Early COVID Cases Harmed Sense Of Smell For More Than Half Of People, According To Study
A Swedish study found that 65% of individuals who recovered from COVID-19 were still experiencing some form of damage to their sense of smell 18 months later. More than one-third of participants…
Colorado Hospital Charges Woman $847 For ‘Zoom Call’ With Doctors
Marissa Amara on January 24, 2022 A Colorado children’s hospital charged a woman nearly $850 as a “facility fee” for a telehealth visit via a “Zoom call” for her 3-year-old son, local…
NJ Assemblywoman, EMT says Murphy’s latest vaccine mandate hurting front-line healthcare workers
TRENTON, N.J. – Newly sworn-in Assemblywoman Bethanne McCarthy Patrick knows a lot about front-line health care – she has been living it for three decades as an emergency medical technician and former firefighter.…