Tag: healthcare
Rush to Fill Medicine Cabinets Fuels CVS
(Associated Press) A rush to fill medicine cabinets and pantries ahead of the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic helped fuel a surging first-quarter profit for...
Plastic Bag Taxes Transmit Disease at Grocery Stores
(The American Conservative) The COVID-19 pandemic is spurring restrictions and lockdowns across the nation. But one Washington area government showcases the shams behind some...
GOP Senator Wants to “Send China a Bill for the Pandemic”
(Associated Press) Officials in South Carolina expressed appreciation Sunday for the 1.5 million surgical masks sent from China that are needed to stem...
Delta CEO Suggests Air Passengers May Be Required to Present “Immunity...
(Big League Politics) It’s no secret that the travel industry has been completely turned upside down by the Wuhan virus outbreak.
Although travel will eventually...
1,000 Front-Line Medical Workers Forced Into Isolation Due to Faulty Chinese...
(ZeroHedge) Earlier this month, we warned that Chinese companies were flooding Europe with shoddy medical supplies, including defective personal protective equipment (PPE).
Unfortunately given the mad rush...
Trump Signs $484 Billion Aid Measure
(Associated Press) President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion bill Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic that has...
CDC: Stopping Virus a Challenge at Meatpacking Plant Where 40 Languages...
(Associated Press) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that the operators of a South Dakota meatpacking plant where nearly 800...
Social Security and Medicare Funds at Risk
(Associated Press) The financial conditions of the government’s two biggest benefits programs remain shaky, with Medicare projected to become insolvent in six years...
Trump CANCELS Thousands of Huge Doctor Bills
(Kaiser Health News, Headline Health) Federal officials offering emergency funding to hospitals, clinics and doctors’ practices have included this stipulation: They cannot foist surprise...
China Says No Plans to Limit Export of Anti-virus Supplies
(Associated Press) China won't restrict exports of medical goods needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, a government spokesman said, amid tension over scarce masks...
