Month: July 2017

The Spokesman-Review Justice Department charges 400 people for $1.3 billion in health care fraudThe Spokesman-ReviewAttorney General Jeff Sessions listens, at left, as Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks Thursday, July 13, 2017, during a news conference about opioid addiction at the Justice Department in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated …Some doctors were handing out … Read more

Slate Magazine Please Don’t Panic Over the Chemicals in Your Mac and CheeseSlate MagazineThe comforting packet of powder that turns boxed mac and cheese into a creamy delight has always seemed a little bit … chemical. And now the New York Times is here to back up your suspicions: “The Chemicals in Your Mac and … Read more

Daily Kos Trump administration secretly cuts $213 million in funding for teen pregnancy prevention programsDaily KosApparently the Trump administration believes denying access to contraception is a suitable form of sex education for teenagers. Add to Blog. RSS. Update. Edit · Administration. Un-Rescue. Rescue. REBLOGGED BY. This Week in the War on Women … and more » View … Read more

HuffPost Charlie Gard: The Nexus of End-of-Life Issues, Public Morality, and PoliticsHuffPostThe means by which a society cares for its most vulnerable should be a seemingly straightforward matter, but in practice it never truly is. Take for instance the endlessly complex and sensitive circumstances that surround the issue of end-of-life care …Columbia University doctor to … Read more

Fox News Swine flu found at Ohio county fair; hogs to be slaughteredFox NewsIn this 2012 photo, a participant checks on her pig in the Swine Barn at the Ohio State Fair, in Columbus. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Kyle Robertson). A hog barn at an Ohio county fair was quarantined and the animals sent there to … Read more

NJ.com Bacteria killed 11-year-old boy, summer camp tells parentsNJ.comMILFORD, Pa. — An 11-year-old Bergen County boy who died earlier this week while away at a Pennsylvania sleep-away camp has tested positive for a bacteria that is a precursor to meningitis, according to the camp. Daniel Beer, of Norwood, died Monday …Norwood boy’s sleep-away camp death caused … Read more

KPNX 12 News TV An army veteran is dying painfully. His last wish is to hear from youMiami HeraldLee Hernandez has been diagnosed with a terminal illness at only 47 and is confined to hospice care in his home. He has one dying wish – and it involves you. Hernandez, who lives with his wife, … Read more

The Verge Inside Verily’s plan to fight mosquitoes with 20 million more mosquitoesThe VergeToday, Verily — formerly Google Life Sciences — began releasing bacteria-infected male mosquitoes in Fresno, California. The release marks the launch of Debug Fresno, a field study that aims to rid the central California county of Aedes aegypti …Genetically engineered mosquitoes could … Read more

Los Angeles Times Female scientists at Salk Institute claim gender discrimination, ‘old boys club’Los Angeles TimesRenowned scientists Vicki Lundblad and Katherine Jones this week sued their employer, the Salk Institute, alleging that they and other women have suffered long-term gender discrimination at the La Jolla science center. Their lawsuits claim that the …Two female scientists … Read more