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Officials at CVS and Walgreens said in interviews on Friday that they had received certification to dispense mifepristone under guidelines issued last year . The chains plan to make the medication available in a handful of states at first . They will not be providing the medication by mail .
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Americans with Covid or other respiratory infections need not isolate for five days before returning to work or school . People with respiratory illnesses may resume daily activities if they have been fever-free for at least 24 hours without the aid of medications . C.D.C. urges those who end isolation to limit close contact with others .
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

The High Court upheld a decision by the High Court that Oval Topco Ltd and its operating firms had to repay to the HSE €673,000 for interest on loans held by the private hospital company . The court also ruled they were not entitled to some €830,600 for depreciation and dismissed the remainder of Oval TOPco’s monetary claim . Oval Bottomco acquired the hospitals in the Mater group for some €603 million in 2018 .
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2 years ago Read more at The Irish Times

Thomas Kingston, the husband of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter Lady Gabriella Kingston, died from a “traumatic head wound” A gun was found near his body in an outbuilding at his parent’s home in the Cotswolds . Mr Kingston’s father went out to walk the dogs and on his return Mr Kingston was not in the house . The symbolically significant visit comes at a time of heightened political tensions over the war in Gaza.
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2 years ago Read more at The Independent

On Thursday, UnitedHealth Group accused a notorious ransomware gang of hacking health care payment systems across the country . As a result, hospitals, pharmacies and other health care providers have either been unable to access the popular payment platform, or purposefully shut off connections to its network to prevent the hackers from gaining further access . UnitedHealth says that as of Monday it estimated that more than 90% of 70,000 pharmacies in the U.S. have had to change how they process electronic claims .
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2 years ago Read more at WXXI News

Eluned Morgan met with Tata Steel’s global chief executive TV Narendran in Mumbai on Thursday . The purpose of the meeting was to continue conversations had between the first minister, economy minister Vaughan Gething and Tata steel following their announcement to close Port Talbot's two blast furnaces and coke ovens in a phased manner .
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo News UK

Health care stocks were higher Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising 0.8% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.9% . CVS Health CVS and Walgreens Boots Alliance WBA are set to start selling the abortion pill mifepristone in some US locations .
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2 years ago Read more at TradingView

Liberty Science Center hosted the inaugural meeting of SciTech Scity’s Healthcare Innovation Engine on Thursday . The group selected cardiovascular health as its first focus area . It features representatives from RWJBarnabas Health, Bristol Myers Squibb and Sheba Medical Center .
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2 years ago Read more at ROI-NJ.com

The CDC laid out its justification for the guidance change in a 25-page document . The change, as reported by The Washington Post last month, is effective immediately, CDC officials said . It is streamlining its guidance for respiratory viral illnesses, and the new recommendations bring covid-19 in line with how other common viruses are managed .
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its longstanding guidance . The change comes at a time when COVID-19 is no longer the public health menace it once was . Most people have some degree of immunity to the coronavirus from past vaccinations or from infections .
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2 years ago Read more at ABC News