by magix | Nov 13, 2024 | Health
How Lincare Became a Multibillion-Dollar Medicare Scofflawby Peter ElkindProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Reporting HighlightsDecades of Misbehavior:...
by geddrystaff | Jun 11, 2015 | Health
Published on Thursday, June 11, 2015 by Common Dreams, by Sarah Lazare, staff writer From the World Health Organization to the National Academy of Sciences, scientists are warning that rising antibiotic resistance poses a public health threat across the world. Now, a...
by MGx Staff | Oct 15, 2014 | Health
Published on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 by Common Dreams by Lauren McCauley, staff writer Update: The Centers for Disease and Control announced Wednesday that the second Dallas healthcare worker infected with Ebola flew from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday, the day...
by MGx Staff | Oct 1, 2014 | Health
Published on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 by Common Dreams by Common Dreams staff Updated (10:15 PM EST): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Texas health officials confirmed on Tuesday that an individual who recently returned from Liberia to the United...
by MGx Staff | Sep 10, 2014 | Health
Published on Tuesday, September 09, 2014 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer In the face of a failed War on Drugs, a global commission composed mostly of former world leaders recommended on Tuesday that governments decriminalize and regulate the use of...
by MGx Staff | Mar 20, 2014 | Health
WATCH: Biologist explains how marijuana drives tumor cells to ‘suicide’ (via Raw Story ) A December 2013 video that has been picking up attention in medical marijuana advocacy circles points out the benefits of the drug’s active ingredient in cancer...