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New Legal Push Aims to Speed Magic Mushrooms to Dying Patients
JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News
Back in March, just as anxiety over COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S., Erinn Baldeschwiler of La Conner, [...]
Fourth Iteration of COVID-19 Treatment Trial Underway
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health, announced that the fourth iteration of t [...]
After Kid’s Minor Bike Accident, Major Bill Sets Legal Wheels in Motion
Adam Woodrum was out for a bike ride with his wife and kids on July 19 when his then 9-year-old son, Robert, crashed.
“He cut himself pretty bad, [...]
California Businesses Go From Simmer to Boil Over Newsom’s Fine Dining
By Bernard J. Wolfson and Anna Almendrala
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s maskless dinner with medical industry lobbyists and others at a Napa Coun [...]
Hillsborough COVID-19 State of Local Emergency Extended Effective Nov. 26
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Hillsborough County's state of local emergency enacted in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is extended for a [...]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Extends Executive Order on Mask Mandates
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis extended the executive order that bans local governments from enforcing mask mandates and violations, on Tuesday.
On [...]
Why Employers Find It So Hard to Test for COVID-19
Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News November 25, 2020
Brandon Hudgins works the main floor at Fleet Feet, a running-shoe store chain, for more than [...]
Biden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From Hospitals
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Of his many plans to expand insurance coverage, President-elect Joe Biden’s simplest strategy is lowering the e [...]
Home Health Agency And Former Owners To Pay $5.8 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
SARASOTA, Fla. - Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc. and its former executives, Timothy Beach and Stuart Christensen, have agreed to pay $5.15 million to [...]
These Front-Line Workers Could Have Retired. They Risked Their Lives Instead
by: Shoshana Dubnow
Sonia Brown’s husband died on June 10. Two weeks later, the 65-year-old registered nurse was back at work. Her husband’s medi [...]