Tag: healthcare
OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Plead to 3 Criminal Charges
(Associated Press) Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead...
Millions More Virus Rapid Tests, But Are Results Reported?
(Associated Press) After struggling to ramp up coronavirus testing, the U.S. can now screen several million people daily, thanks to a growing supply of...
Pfizer: Virus Vaccine Possible in Late November
(Associated Press) Pfizer Inc. cannot request emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine before the third week of November -- and that's if everything goes...
Dr. Fauci: Rethink Usual Plans for Thanksgiving
(Associated Press) Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans should rethink their usual plans for Thanksgiving gatherings, citing increased coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.
Fauci told ABC's "Good...
Nursing Home Residents Protest Lockdowns: ‘Rather Die from COVID Than Loneliness’
(Headline USA) More than 20 nursing-home residents in Greeley, Colorado, gathered outside the facility this week to protest the state’s coronavirus restrictions, arguing that they...
Health Care Is Focus as Barrett Supreme Court Hearing Opens
(Associated Press) Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans' health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the...
WHO Backflips on Virus Stance by Condemning Lockdowns
(News.Com.Au) The World Health Organization has backflipped on its original COVID-19 stance after calling for world leaders to stop locking down their countries and...
Medical Supply Chains Failed; COVID Deaths Followed
(Associated Press) Nurse Sandra Oldfield's patient didn't have the usual symptoms of COVID-19 — yet. But then he tested positive for the virus, and...
Concerning Signs in Trump’s Care Despite Word He’s Doing OK
(Associated Press) President Donald Trump's doctor on Saturday painted a rosy picture of the president's health as he remains hospitalized for coronavirus treatment. But...
Amazon: Nearly 20,000 Workers Tested Positive for COVID-19
(Associated Press) Amazon said Thursday that nearly 20,000 of its front-line U.S. workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that...
