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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Hospitals in the Washington, D.C., area got generally lackluster ratings for quality and safety of health care in the latest reviews by federal and independent groups. Two well-known D.C. hospitals got one star, the lowest ranking, in a federal survey, while a nonprofit rater gave another D.C. hospital a flunking grade of F. The reviewers, due to the coronavirus, suspended their 2020 ratings, so the new measurements were the first in ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Biden Administration will ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars with new regulations to be issued within the next year — actions that Big Tobacco is expected to battle but which proponents say could have big health benefits for those who have been targeted to buy and use these products. Smoking is a leading cause of death in this country, and especially among African Americans, with critics saying cigarette makers have expl...

Health workers with legal prescribing privileges have gotten newly revised federal guidelines — once again — making it easier for them to help those addicted to powerful opioid...

A 40-foot memorial topped with an American flag: a nonprofit has big plans for the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park.

Clean or contaminated? Monsignor Farrell to gather Staten Island data for water quality research project | In Class column Today 12:00 PM Monsignor Farrell High School in Oakwood launched its on-campus water testing research lab as part of its new Marine Biology Society. (Courtesy/Monsignor Farrell High School) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In celebration of Earth Day, members of the Monsignor Farrell High School’s Marine Biology Society began conducting water quality studies throug...

The University of Virginia health system has decided to end decades of draconian bill collection, giving a reprieve to tens of thousands of patients and their families who faced harsh...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As the coronavirus pandemic’s most catastrophic effects recede in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, notably due to vaccinations and other public health measures, residents and their loved ones still face costly, confounding issues in safeguarding the aged, sick, and injured. The Biden Administration wants to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to help. But will the plans founder due to Republican resistance? And w...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Although Americans drove far fewer miles in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the pedestrian death rate skyrocketed nationally, with blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans dying in disproportionate numbers when struck by motorists. Preliminary data from the first half of last year shows that roughly the same number of pedestrian deaths occurred — 3,000 or so. But those fatalities happened when the nation recorded a more than 16% ...

James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby, said that one of the goals of his clients’ lawsuit against former President Donald Trump is to find out why it took so long for the rioters that attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 to be “called off.” “Our civil justice system is a powerful weapon for truth and for accountability. You can get a lot of discovery in a civil case that does not happen in criminal court nearly as well,” Malone told Jim Sciutto, who was guest hosting Anderson Coope...

More than half the population of Kerry village vaccinated after 300 doses arrive unexpectedly Updated: 5 Mar 2021, 11:33 MORE than half of the population of the village of Sneem, Co Kerry have been vaccinated after 300 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived unexpectedly last week. All over 70s in the town, which has a population of around 450 people, have now got their first dose. 1 Dan Murphys Bar in Sneem, Co Kerry The vaccine was given out by two local retired doctors, Dr Patrick Malone an...