U.S. Attorney’s Office Reaches ADA Settlement with Educational Testing Service
NEWARK, N.J. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey has reached a settlement with a New Jersey non-profit organization to resolve …
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Two Charged With Submitting Fake COVID-19 Testing Claims
Two individuals were charged with submitting fraudulent COVID-19 testing claims to multiple insurance agencies, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. …
Four People Indicted in $3.5 Million COVID-19 Testing Kickback Conspiracy
NEWARK, N.J. – Four people have been charged for their roles in a kickback conspiracy involving COVID-19 testing that defrauded federal health insurance programs, U.S. …
New Mexico Eliminates Testing Requirement To Graduate After Students Fall Behind During COVID
New Mexico Eliminates Testing Requirement To Graduate After Students Fall Behind During COVID Alexa Schwerha on December 5, 2022 Some New Mexico high school students …
Analysis-Why is North Korea testing so many missiles?
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – The hundreds of South Korean and American warplanes simulating attacks during drills are most likely what led North Korea …
Continental finds hose testing lapses, halts relevant sales
BERLIN (Reuters) – German tyre and automotive parts maker Continental on Monday reported shortcomings in the testing of industrial hoses at its ContiTech site in …
U.S. starts enrollment in trial testing Siga’s antiviral for monkeypox
(Reuters) – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Friday it had started enrolling monkeypox patients in a late-stage study testing Siga Technologies Inc’s …
U.S. starts enrollments in trial testing smaller dosage of monkeypox vaccine
(Reuters) – The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it had started enrollments in a trial testing an alternative method of administering Bavarian Nordic’s …
Malaysia’s Mahathir, 97, in hospital after testing positive for COVID
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 97, has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been hospitalised for observation, his office said on …
Pentagon Ignores Biden Admin Order To Stop Testing Unvaccinated For COVID-19
Pentagon Ignores Biden Admin Order To Stop Testing Unvaccinated For COVID-19 Micaela Burrow on August 25, 2022 The Department of Defense (DOD) is continuing to …
Governor Murphy Repeals Antiquated COVID-19 Testing for Unvaccinated Teachers, Public Contractors, State Workers
TRENTON, NJ – As the COVID-19 pandemic winds down, the political science of COVID-19 is evolving. Today, Governor Phil Murphy rescinded his draconian order and …
PA Office of Attorney General Announces Free Water Testing, Remediation for Pipeline Affected Residents
As Announced, Free Water Supply Testing for Homeowners as a Part of Energy Transfer Criminal Conviction HARRISBURG, PA (PRESS RELEASE) —Earlier this month, Attorney General …
CDC Loosens COVID-19 Testing, Quarantine Guidance For Schools
TRENTON, NJ – There’s good news for students in New Jersey and around the country after the CDC loosened quarantine and testing guidelines in schools …
Shanghai extends weekly COVID-19 testing requirement until end of September
SHENZHEN, China – China’s most populous city Shanghai has extended its weekly COVID-19 test requirement and extended free testing until the end of September in …
Aircraft Parts Foundry Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Failure to Conduct Testing and Falsified Test Results
WDC Acquisitions LLC d/b/a Wellman Dynamics located in Creston, Iowa, will pay $500,000 to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for failing to …
Department of Justice Awards $480,000 to Spokane County Sheriff’s Office for Rapid DNA Testing
Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, today announced $480,000 Department of Justice grant to the Spokane …
Florida Businessman Charged with Conspiracy Involving Approximately $25 Million in Fraudulent Medicare Claims for Genetic Testing Submitted by Lawrence County Medical Facility
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was charged in federal court with one count of conspiracy related to the submission of fraudulent …
Shanghai braces for more mass COVID testing amid fresh curbs across China
By Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo BEIJING – Multiple Chinese cities are adopting fresh COVID-19 curbs, from business halts to lockdowns, to rein in new …
Several eastern Chinese areas in mass COVID testing to curb new waves of infections
SHANGHAI -Parts of eastern China are running fresh rounds of mass COVID-19 testing, as the country faces new waves of infections while recovering from impact …
BioNTech, Pfizer to start testing universal vaccine for coronaviruses
By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) -Germany’s BioNTech, Pfizer’s partner in COVID-19 vaccines, said the two companies would start tests on humans of next-generation shots that protect …
FedEx shifts from EV delivery truck testing to adoption
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES – FedEx Corp has 150 BrightDrop zero-emissions delivery trucks rolling on Los Angeles streets and highways as it transitions from …
Kentucky Psychiatrist Sentenced for Health Care Fraud Related to Referrals for Drug Testing at Greensburg Lab
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced in federal court yesterday for one count of health care fraud, United States Attorney Cindy K. …
United Airlines cites jump in global travel searches after U.S. ends COVID testing
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO – United Airlines said on Monday searches for international travel have increased after the United States ended a 17-month-old requirement …
U.S. CDC rescinds COVID-19 international air testing rules
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late on Friday issued an order rescinding a 17-month-old requirement that people arriving in the …
U.S. seeks to expand monkeypox testing as cases rise
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO – U.S. health officials are working to expand capabilities to test for monkeypox beyond a narrow group of public health labs, …
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud And Kickback Scheme Involving Covid-19 And Cancer Genetic Testing
NEWARK, N.J. – A Georgia man pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud and receive kickbacks in connection …
Suburban Chicago Home Sleep Testing Company To Pay $3.5 Million To Settle Federal Health Care Fraud Suit
CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago diagnostics company that provides home sleep testing will pay $3.5 million to the United States to settle a civil lawsuit …
Trades in Russian shares show investors testing the exits
By Sinead Cruise and Huw Jones LONDON – A handful of attempts to privately trade depositary receipts in VTB and Gazprom show how some Western …
Shanghai to ease some COVID testing requirements from June 1
(Reuters) – Shanghai will ease COVID-19 testing requirements from June 1 for people who want to enter public areas or use public transport to encourage …
Former CEO of defunct medical testing laboratory sentenced to prison for medical kickback scheme
Seattle – The former Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL) was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in …
Owner of Drug Testing Lab Sentenced in Medicare Kickback Scheme
ABINGDON, Va. – A Las Vegas, Nevada-based laboratory owner, who paid another lab owner to direct urine samples to his lab for testing and then …
Owner Of Consumer Products Testing Company Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison For Fraud Scheme Involving Fabricated Test Results
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Catherine Hermsen, Assistant Commissioner, United States Food and Drug Administration Office of …
Texas heatwave to keep testing power grid this week
(Reuters) – This week’s heatwave will keep testing the Texas power system with record monthly demand expected on Tuesday after less hot weather on Monday …
Airlines press U.S. to lift pre-departure testing requirements
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. airlines are pressing the Biden administration to lift a 16-month-old rule requiring nearly all international air passengers with some …
New Jersey Lawmakers Want More Drug Testing for School Bus Drivers as Legal Weed Enters the Picture
TRENTON, N.J. – Two New Jersey lawmakers are calling for more drug testing for school bus drivers in the Garden State now that recreational marijuana …
Analysis-N.Korea could ‘go small’ with tactical nukes if it resumes testing
By Josh Smith SEOUL – If North Korea resumes nuclear testing, it could include development of smaller “tactical” warheads meant for battlefield use and designed …
The case for testing Pfizer’s Paxlovid for treating long COVID
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO – Reports of two patients who found relief from long COVID after taking Pfizer Inc’s antiviral Paxlovid, including a researcher who …
Physician Partners of America to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Unnecessary Testing, Improper Remuneration to Physicians and a False Statement in Connection with COVID-19 Relief Funds
Physician Partners of America LLC (PPOA), headquartered in Tampa, Florida, its founder, Rodolfo Gari, and its former chief medical officer, Dr. Abraham Rivera, have agreed …
Co-Owner of defunct medical testing lab convicted of kickback scheme to profit on urine drug tests for government insurance programs
Seattle – A resident of Astoria, Oregon was convicted this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle of five federal felonies connected to his scheme …
MIT Bucks The Liberal University Consensus, Reinstates Standardized Testing Requirements
MIT Bucks The Liberal University Consensus, Reinstates Standardized Testing Requirements Kendall Tietz on March 29, 2022 UPDATE: This article has been updated to include comment …
DEA Agrees to Assist in Testing of Suspected Narcotics in Cases Being Prosecuted in D.C. Superior Court
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will perform drug testing at its laboratories on evidence submitted by …
Cue Health Serves as Preferred Testing Provider for the 2022 McDonald’s All American Games
Cue® helps the nation’s premiere high school basketball showcase return to in-person action SAN DIEGO, March 28, 2022 — Cue Health (“Cue”) (Nasdaq: HLTH), the …
Canada to ditch pre-arrival COVID testing requirement for travelers -source
-Canada will remove the need for incoming fully vaccinated travelers to get tested for COVID-19 before entering the country, starting on April 1, a source …
Diagnostic testing company agrees to resolve claims for improperly billed testing
DAYTON, Ohio – American Health Associates, Inc. (AHA) has agreed to pay the United States $142,718 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly …
U.S. says it could spend $22 million a month testing unvaccinated federal employees
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. government said it faces “significant harm” if an a appeals court fails to reverse an injunction barring enforcement …
Former lab director sentenced to prison for falsifying results of steel testing on parts for Navy subs
Tacoma – The former Director of Metallurgy at Bradken Inc. was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 30 months in prison, and …
Sweden Halts Mass COVID Testing, Even For The Symptomatic
Sweden halted its COVID-19 testing regime on Wednesday, even for those who are showing symptoms of infection, as many European countries end pandemic restrictions, the …
Airlines urge White House to end COVID international travel testing rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – Major airlines, business and travel groups urged the White House on Wednesday to end COVID-19 pre-departure testing requirements for vaccinated …
Johns Hopkins Now Requires Double Masking Despite 99% Vax Rate, Booster Requirement And Twice Weekly Testing
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is requiring students to either wear two masks or wear an N-95 or KN-95 mask on campus during the spring semester …
UC San Diego Health Pays $2.98 Million to Resolve Allegations of Ordering Unnecessary Genetic Testing
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Joseph Price (619) 546-7642 and Joseph Purcell (619) 546-7643 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 11, 2022 SAN DIEGO – UC San …