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This article was first published on April 8, 2018. Foreigners are barred from directly giving money to American politicians and political parties. But it turns out, there’s a legal way around that. It involves well-connected middlemen in the U.S., PR […]
The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Healthcare Review. Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Meta, Facebook and Instagram were named in a lawsuit filed Aug. 10 accusing the hospital of sharing sensitive patient health data with the social media companies. The federal lawsuit,
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While the 40 year record level of inflation is a hot topic issue across the US, it has increased more quickly in some cities than others over the past year. WalletHub recently compared 23 major metropolitan statistical areas (MSA’s) using key
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The following is an excerpt from Independent via Yahoo! News. America’s top three pharmacy chains have been ordered to cough up $650.5m to Ohio counties Lake and Trumbull for fueling the opioid epidemic after oversupplying the drug. CVS, Walmart and Walgreens will have to pay a third of
The following is an excerpt from The Hill. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) is pushing against further broad student debt relief as the Biden administration weighs taking action, arguing it could risk undermining a Democratic effort to
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals is reporting that two children have died after taking Zolgensma, a gene therapy drug designed to treat a rare condition called spinal muscular atrophy. In an email statement, Novartis says the children died from acute liver failure about
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The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Hospital Review. Cleveland-based University Hospitals is scaling back care at two hospitals and consolidating services. The health system announced July 14 that it is ending inpatient, surgical and emergency services at UH Bedford (Ohio) Medical
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The following is an excerpt from Just The News. Many Americans are expressing concerns that the Internal Revenue Service will use additional funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to audit average taxpayers, amid data showing that most Americans believe the
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