Headline News Archive

2019

March

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• FDA approves first drug for postpartum depression. The first drug for women suffering postpartum depression received federal approval on Tuesday, a move likely to pave the way for a wave of

• Isla de Puerto Rico recupera electricidad después de María. Las cuadrillas se aprestaban el miércoles a apagar los generadores que han suministrado electricidad a una isla frente a la costa de Puerto

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• Consumer protection wanes under Trump, reports find. Tasked with protecting Americans against harmful financial practices, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken a less aggressive approach under the Trump administration, according

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• Trump taps Cancer Institute head as acting FDA chief. The Trump administration on Tuesday said National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director Ned Sharpless will serve as acting chief of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Uber settles drivers’ lawsuit for $20 million. Uber on Monday settled a long-running legal battle with drivers in California and Massachusetts who wanted the ride-hailing company to recognize them as employees, agreeing

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• Trump's proposed budget cuts include Medicaid, and Medicare (Chinese). 川普總統11日向國會提出數額創紀錄的4兆7500億元預算計畫，要求為2020年度增加軍事開支，並大肆削減白卡醫保福利，與教育和環保等內政計畫經費；民主黨國會領袖指此預算提議如同「對美國中產階級要害的重擊」。

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• On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam is watching. The Trump administration has been quietly working on a proposal to use social media like Facebook and Twitter to help identify people who claim Social

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• How badly are we being ripped off on eyewear?. A former industry execs tell all.

• Judge rips insurer for putting 'bottom line' over patients' health. In a scathing decision, a federal judge blasted a subsidiary of the nation's largest insurance company for focusing on the "bottom line as

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• How federal disaster money favors the rich. Disasters are becoming more common in America. In the early and mid-20th century, fewer than 20 percent of U.S. counties experienced a disaster each

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• Victims of wildfires are weary of their claims at PG&E bankruptcy application hearing (Chinese). (本報訊)太平洋煤電（PG&E）周一在法庭的破產聆訊上透露，在正式展開破產程序之前「多個月」，已一直有在考慮提出破產申請，PG&E財務長因而遭到山火災民及債權人窮追猛打。

• UnitedHealth policies denied mental health treatment to customers. In a scathing decision released Tuesday, a federal judge in Northern California ruled that a unit of UnitedHealth Group, the giant health insurer, had created

• FDA approves novel treatment for hardest depression cases. The Food and Drug Administration approved a novel antidepressantlate Tuesday for people with depression that does not respond to other treatments—the first

February

28

• Proponen legislación para personas mayores con discapacidades. La buena noticia es que la expectativa de vida de la población cada vez es más alta. La mala noticia es

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• Drug executives grilled in Senate over high prices. Top pharmaceutical executives lined up at a Senate hearing Tuesday and expressed deep compassion for patients suffering from disease. They decried high co-payments that shock

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• Congreso inicia audiencia sobre precios de drogas. Senadores interrogaron el martes a los directores generales de siete grandes laboratorios farmacéuticos sobre los altos precios de los medicamentos que son una

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• Drug executives to defend expensive medicines to Congress. Seven drug executives are headed to Capitol Hill for a much-anticipated hearing on the booming costs of prescription drugs in the United States. It

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• Consumers still prefer paper bills, but can they make you go digital?. Paper may be vilified in green offices, but it’s still king at home when it comes to how we receive our bills. 

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• Mejora tu relación con tu médico. Son muchos los estudios que sugieren que tener una buena relación con tu médico es importante para tu salud. Por ejemplo,

• Los tribunales golpean a Trump por sabotaje a Obamacare, esta resolución podría costar miles de millones a la tesorería. Los expertos legales pensaron que uno de los ataques más crudos del presidente Trump a la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo

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• 3 pólizas de seguro que quizás NO necesitas comprar. Algunos de estos seguros podrían convertirse en gastos, en lugar de ser una inversión Es bueno pensar en adquirir pó

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• Casa Blanca dice no “sabotea” seguro de salud. Tomando prestado un término a los demócratas, un informe de la Casa Blanca asegura que los cambios efectuados a la Ley

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• How your health information is sold, turned into ‘risk scores’. Companies are starting to sell “risk scores” to doctors, insurers and hospitals to identify patients at risk of opioid addiction or overdose, without

• The pros and cons of reducing homeowners insurance coverage. It's important to shop around for homeowners insurance coverage every year or every other year to make sure that the insurance premiums are

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• If you do medicare sign-up wrong, it will cost you. Medicare requires enrollees to sign up during a limited window before and after their 65th birthday. Failing to do so leads to stiff late-enrollment penalties