Headline News Archive

2020

December

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• Facebook to remove COVID-19 vaccine-related misinformation. Facebook said Thursday it will start removing false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, in its latest move to counter a tide of coronavirus-related online misinformation. In

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• Can employers require you take a coronavirus vaccine?. Once a coronavirus vaccine receives formal government approval, employment lawyers say it’s more likely to be treated like the flu shot, which can

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• Rapid testing for children barrels ahead, despite lack of data. Testing companies have revealed little about how their products perform in minors. That could be a problem.

• California recibió $1.3 mil millones de apoyo por incendios forestales. Las víctimas no han obtenido nada. Después de que su domicilio en Santa Rosa, California, se quemara en el incendio de Tubbs hace tres años, Linda Adrain

• El fraude a la oficina de desempleo que entregó dinero a presos de California podría alcanzar los $400 millones. Los investigadores estatales identificaron hasta el momento $400 millones que fueron pagados en unas 21.000 solicitudes de beneficios por desempleo presentadas de forma incorrecta a nombre de

November

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• How government incentives shaped the nursing home business. Federal government reimbursements for nursing home patients on Medicare and Medicaid have resulted in the nursing home industry retaining certain services that are reimbursed

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• Latinos que hablan español son los más esenciales y expuestos a COVID y los que menos tienen seguro médico. Más del 40 por ciento de los californianos conocen a una persona que haya dado positivo a la prueba del COVID-19, y uno de

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• Why Black Americans are hesitant about a vaccine. Vaccines in vials are no good unless people take them. That requires trust on the part of patients, and therein lies the problem. For

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• Columna: Alexa puede ser clave para el inminente dominio de Amazon en el mercado de la salud. Alexa, ¿cómo me convierto en un ‘empresario’ de la salud? Amazon anunció su último movimiento en esta direcci

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• EEUU: Millones de trabajadores reciben asistencia pública. Millones de estadounidenses que tienen empleos de tiempo completo siguen dependiendo de los programas federales de atención médica y asistencia alimentaria

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• Do you really want Amazon’s drugstore knowing your medical condition?. If I choose to take advantage of speedy free shipping and maybe lower costs for prescription drugs, Amazon will know the most sensitive details of

• Think Obamacare plans cost a lot? Not always true. Most people seeking insurance through Obamacare marketplaces qualify, based on their income, for tax credits that significantly lower their cost of coverage. Two-thirds of customers

• Coronavirus is airborne. Why are we still scrubbing surfaces?. Scientists increasingly say that there is little to no evidence that contaminated surfaces can spread the virus. In crowded indoor spaces like airports, they say,

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• FDA authorizes first rapid Covid-19 self-testing kit. The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for the first self-test for Covid-19 that can provide rapid results

• New Pfizer results: Coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective. The drug maker Pfizer said on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine was 95 percent effective and had no serious side effects—the first set of

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• For small-business owners, a shifting landscape of resources. With the end of the Paycheck Protection Program loan program, entrepreneurs are forced to look elsewhere.

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• How the pandemic is shifting workplace benefits. This open enrollment season—the period in late fall when workers choose benefits for the following year—employers are offering more voluntary medical

• What Airbnb, VRBO’s ‘flexible cancellation policies’ mean. Reserving a vacation rental with Airbnb or Vrbo may be a good way to minimize contact with others and enjoy a change of scenery. But

• Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine nearly 95 percent effective. Biotechnology firm Moderna announced Monday that a preliminary analysis shows its experimental coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective at preventing illness, including severe cases&mdash

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• How Pfizer plans to distribute its vaccine (it’s complicated). The effort will hinge on collaboration among a network of companies, federal and state agencies, and on-the-ground health workers in the midst of a pandemic

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• 60% de contagios de COVID-19 son hispanos en California. Hace un mes, Antonio Gómez III era un hombre saludable de 46 años que, como tantos otros, trataba de encontrar un equilibrio

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• Pfizer’s covid vaccine: 11 things you need to know. What’s the big deal? Was it part of Operation Warp Speed? When can you get one?

• It shouldn't be hard for companies to do right during the pandemic. A pair of seniors were unable to use their Southwest Airlines travel credit because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Then they had to fight to keep

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• Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine more than 90 percent effective. A front-runner coronavirus vaccine developed by drug giant Pfizer and German biotechnology firm BioNTech was more than 90 percent effective at protecting people compared with a

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• Fraudulent charges appearing on EDD cards of unemployed Californians. Something very scary is happening to thousands of unemployed Californians who receive their government benefits through a Bank of America debit card – their accounts