Headline News Archive

2021

April

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• Turning away from nursing homes, to what?. The occupancy rate in nursing homes in the fourth quarter of 2020 was 75 percent, down 11 percentage points from the first quarter, according to the National Investment

March

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• 'Vaccine passports' are on the way. The effort has gained momentum with a growing number of companies saying they will require proof of vaccination before opening again.

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• U.S. health officials question AstraZeneca vaccine trial results. Only hours after AstraZeneca announced encouraging news about the effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, a group of medical experts charged with monitoring the

• Biden to reassert consumer watchdog agency sidelined by Trump. Biden's administration has pinpointed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a tool to help deliver on promises to address systemic racial inequality.

• The CFPB has a message for the banks it regulates: We're back. With a new boss on the way, the consumer protection agency is knocking on doors and asking tough questions.

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• What vaccinations mean for restaurant dining questions. With encouraging headlines, springlike temperatures and our collective covid fatigue at an all-time high, it might be tempting to throw caution—and another round

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• Amazon is selling its health-care service to other companies. Amazon Care allows employees and their families to text or video chat with health-care providers, usually within 60 seconds of their request, and in some cases,

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• In a first, Uber agrees to classify British drivers as ‘workers’. The new legal classification, which follows a U.K. court ruling last month, will entitle the workers to more pay and benefits, but stops short

• Moderna begins testing its vaccine in children. The drug company Moderna has begun a study that will test its Covid vaccine in children under 12, including babies as young as six months, the

• Amazon lanza servicio de salud para empresas. Amazon anunció el miércoles el lanzamiento de sus servicios de salud, diciendo que ofrecerá su programa de telemedicina Amazon Care a

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• The IRS is behind in processing nearly 7 million tax returns. Nearly 7 million tax filers are in limbo and facing substantial delays in getting refunds, as the Internal Revenue Service struggles to keep up with the

• California sues nursing home chain for manipulating ratings. The lawsuit, filed by the state attorney general and other prosecutors, accuses Brookdale Senior Living of gaming Medicare’s ubiquitous star-rating system.

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• Preguntas frecuentes sobre el estímulo, el desempleo y las devoluciones de impuestos. Respondemos las dudas más comunes sobre el plan de rescate de Estados Unidos.

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• Who gets the most help from the Biden stimulus bill?. Over half the money — 54 percent — in the bill goes toward households. In addition to the popular $1,400 checks, there is also funding for extra

• Obamacare’s about to get a lot more affordable. Under the stimulus bill passed by Congress this week nearly all those who buy their own insurance are eligible for a discount. The American Rescue

• Líderes indígenas mexicanos y guatemaltecos usan sus redes de apoyo para vacunar a sus comunidades. Dentro de su comunidad maya en Los Ángeles, Feliza Tecúm ha escuchado falsos rumores de que el gobierno está inyectando la

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• Which medical conditions get prioritized for vaccinations?. As states have begun vaccinating Americans with medical conditions that may raise their risk for a severe case of Covid-19, they are setting widely varying

• Kaiser Permanente, socia de California en la vacunación, tropieza para inmunizar a sus propios miembros. Los miembros de varios estados dan al gigante de la atención gestionada críticas mixtas sobre cómo ha manejado su

• OPINIÓN: La parte ‘D’ de Medicare dejará vulnerables e indefensos a latinos que viven con el VIH/SIDA. Mientras que la pandemia del COVID-19 le ha quitado la vida a casi 50.000 californianos, no debemos olvidar que la epidemia del VIH/SIDA les ha

• Trabajadores agrícolas de EEUU no son inmunizados. La cosecha de cebollas de Georgia se aproxima y cada vez hay más vacunas contra el COVID-19. Los centros de salud para migrantes

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• 3 changes to Social Security you may not know about. Since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act in 1935, the program has been one of the most important sources of income for retirees.

• A policy revolution in aid for children in stimulus bill. The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package moving through Congress advances an idea that Democrats have been nurturing for decades: establishing a guaranteed income for families with

• Se recomiendan exámenes anuales de pulmón para los mayores de 50 aunque no hayan fumado mucho tiempo. Una nueva recomendación de los expertos logrará que más mujeres y afroestadounidenses sean elegibles para las tomografías computarizadas,

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• Signs you're not ready to collect benefits. The decision to sign up for Social Security is a big one. You're allowed to start collecting benefits once you turn 62, and while you

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• Aumentan registros en seguro médico reanudado por Biden. Más de 200.000 estadounidenses se han registrado en el sistema de seguro médico HealthCare.gov en las dos semanas desde que el