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WWII nurses celebrate, revere Veterans Day
On this Veterans Day, News 2 spoke with two women who served as nurses in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Aside from her roles as wife and mother, being a member of the U.S. Navy is one of Knapp's greatest honors.
ENA Thanks House for Passage of H.R. 304, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act
DES PLAINES, Ill. The Emergency Nurses Association applauds the House of Representatives for passing the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act yesterday.
Insys Therapeutics posts net loss in third quarter
FILE PHOTO: The billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc. John Kapoor, exits the federal court house after a bail hearing in Phoenix, Arizona , U.S., October 27, 2017. REUTERS/Conor Ralph Insys's billionaire founder John Kapoor was arrested on charges that he participated in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe Subsys.
Former House Speaker John Boehner describes how Obama…
Former House Speaker John Boehner says former President Barack Obama is "scared to death" of his wife, Michelle. Citing that reason, Obama maintains that he has not smoked a cigarette in years.
Opioid epidemic nothing new in the U.S.
In this August 1971 file photo, U.S. troops addicted to heroin sit together at an Army amnesty center in Long Binh, Vietnam. In the 1960s and 1970s, heroin use surged, prompted in part by Vietnam War soldiers who were exposed to it while fighting overseas.
Trump’s Weak Response to the Overdose Epidemic
You'd think it would be impossible to kill 100 people a day, every day, without inducing widespread shock and deafening demands for action. But that's what opioids have been doing for the past decade, and Americans have given it only passing attention.
Rural areas – already short on health resources – face enrollment hitches
Ms. Stella's, a home-cooking restaurant in Milledgeville, Ga., serves roast beef, grilled pork chops, chicken wings and oxtails with 24 sides from which to choose. Last spring, owners Jeri and Lucious Trawick opened a second restaurant in Eatonton, about 20 miles away, and Jeri decided to leave her full-time job to help shepherd the expansion.
Indian-American billionaire arrested on charges of opioid fraud
Amritsar-born entrepreneur John Nath Kapoor was arrested by the FBI for bribing doctors to over-prescribe a powerful opioid to patients. A 74-year-old Indian-American pharmaceutical billionaire was on Friday charged with leading a nationwide conspiracy in the US by bribing doctors to over-prescribe a powerful opioid to patients and committing fraud on insurance firms for profit.
Pharma billionaire John Kapoor charged with pushing powerful opioid
U.S. prosecutors leveled charges Thursday against the billionaire founder of an opioid medication maker that has faced increasing scrutiny from authorities across the country over allegations of pushing prescriptions of powerful painkillers amid a drug epidemic that is claiming thousands of lives each year. The fraud and racketeering case against Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor, ... U.S. prosecutors leveled charges Thursday against the billionaire founder of an opioid medication maker that has faced increasing scrutiny from authorities across the country over allegations of pushing prescriptions of powerful painkillers amid a drug epidemic that is claiming thousands of lives each year.
Congress might take away 401(k) for wrong reason
More than 62 million Americans - about a third of the nation's adult population - have put money into 401 retirement plans. Now Republicans in Congress are seriously debating changing the program, dramatically reducing the amount of money Americans can contribute tax-free to their 401 account from $18,000 a year now to just $2,400 a year.
Drug company billionaire arrested on charges of opioid conspiracy
John Kapoor, a billionaire whose company developed a liquid version of the opioid painkiller fentanyl, was arrested in Phoenix on Thursday on charges that he spearheaded a scheme to bribe doctors and pharmacists across the nation to boost sales - largely to patients who did not need the medication. The scheme was first described in December in an indictment against six executives at the company, Insys Therapeutics in Chandler, Ariz.
Manchester officials vote to amend regulations governing school bake sales
City school board members voted Monday to amend district regulations governing bake sales to incorporate new rules issued by state education officials.
UK’s Johnson urges North Korea to ‘change course’ on nukes
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will appear Monday before the judge deciding his punishment for endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009.
Continuous Soybeans in 2018? Help Farmer Focus on Seed Selection
With around 50 growing seasons under his belt, Paul Uphoff has been raising continuous soybeans for 16 of those years and hasn't looked back. Despite challenges, continuous soybeans pay off for this north-central Illinois farmer and his family.
GOP’s drastic Medicaid cuts would be devastating for HIV-positive Ohioans like me: Olga Irwin (Opinion)
A scanning electron micrograph revealed the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus , in this 2011 file photo. Olga Irwin writes that her ability to manage her expensive HIV treatments along with treatments for her other illnesses is threatened by proposed GOP budget cuts.
California Corporate Whistleblower Center Now Urges a Nursing Home…
One of our top targets are healthcare companies in California that are gouging Medicare with medically unnecessary procedures, or medical treatments that never took place" WASHINGTON, DC, USA, October 10, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / -- The California Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "We are urging a manager or a nurse at a California based nursing home, skilled nursing facility, a rehab center, a dialysis center or a company providing hospice services to call us anytime at 866-714-6466-if they can prove their employer is involved in significant Medicare overbilling. One of our top targets are healthcare companies in California that are gouging Medicare with medically unnecessary procedures, or medical treatments that never took place.
Gunman’s girlfriend says he left her in the dark
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with surgeon John Fildes at the University Medical Center after meeting with survivors of the shooting. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with surgeon John Fildes at the University Medical Center after meeting with survivors of the shooting.
Complicated recovery awaits victims injured in Vegas attack
Mike Kordich, a firefighter from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., answers questions from his hospital bed at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, today. Kordich was giving a severely injured person CPR when he was hit by a bullet after a gunman opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday.
Donnelly Receives Award for Efforts to Address Opioid Epidemic
Tuesday, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly received the 'Legislator of the Year' award from the National Council for Behavioral Health for his efforts to address the opioid and substance use disorder epidemics in Indiana and across the country. The National Council for Behavioral Health specifically highlighted Donnelly's bipartisan Strengthening the Addiction treatment and Workforce Act , introduced in June with Senator Lisa Murkowski , which would provide incentives for providers to practice at substance use disorder treatment facilities in underserved areas.