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By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York 26 minutes ago Image source, Instagram/ McIntyre family Image caption, Casey McIntyre wrote: “if you’re reading this I have passed away” A New York City woman who died of ovarian cancer has raised enough money to pay off millions of dollars in other people’s medical debts.
Home > Press Releases > Georgia Southern engineering student assists global medical device company November 17, 2023 When the opportunity arose for Kenneth Nwagu, an engineering graduate student in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing (AEPCEC), to work on a real-world engineering project that’s since . . .
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Amazon Prime members will be able to access US healthcare provider One Medical’s suite of benefits, for a fee, as the ecommerce company looks to expand its presence in the $4 trillion American healthcare industry. Prime members in the US who opt in will have […]
“Software that controls your body should always respect your freedom,” warns the program manager of the Free Software Foundation: In July, users of the proprietary software app LibreLink, who live in the UK and use Apple devices, found that the app they depend on to monitor their blood sugar was not working anymore after the […]
Rubio, Colleagues Introduce Bill to End U.S. Medical Supply Chain Dependence on China & Address Shortages Oct 26, 2023 | Press Releases In 2019, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released Made in China 2025 and the Future of American Industry, where he detailed critical vulnerabilities in America’s medical supply chain. The 2019 report . . […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet –- a moment of silence to honor the man lying on the table. This is no ordinary surgery. Detrick Witherspoon died before ever being wheeled in, and now two wide-eyed medical students are about to get a hands-on introduction […]
“It took weeks to get the walls rebuilt,” his daughter, Anuschka, said, “and during that time, my father’s medical students came on a schedule, protecting the house with broom poles and sticks, sitting out all night. There was so much love from his community of students.” In addition to his son and daughter, he is […]
Coalition union says health care staff demands include pay raises and increased staffing. Tens of thousands of medical workers in the United States have walked off the job, in one of the biggest strikes in the country’s health care sector. The walkout on Wednesday of more than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente, the largest non-profit […]
The Biden administration announced a major initiative to protect Americans from medical debt, outlining plans to develop federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores. The regulations, if enacted, would potentially help tens of millions of people who have medical debt on their credit reports, eliminating information that can depress consumers’ scores […]
Rohit Chopra is director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the part of the government that is proposing the new rules. Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images Rohit Chopra is director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the part of the government that is proposing the new rules. Michael […]