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Call for investigation: A Republican senator from Tijeras asked state Attorney General Hector Balderas Monday to investigate patient evictions at rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic.
“We must act to protect our most vulnerable residents,” Sen. Gregg Schmedes wrote in the letter, which follows a May 2020 letter he wrote to Balderas regarding what he described as the eviction of elderly residents from Canyon Transitional Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque “to free up beds for coronavirus patients”.
Schmedes said Balderas never responded to his letter last year, but a recent investigation by the Attorney General’s Office in New York brought the issue back to his attention.
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SANTA FE The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) filed a civil complaint in First Judicial District Court against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for failing to make progress on clean-up of contamination as required by the 2016 Compliance Order on Consent (2016 Consent Order) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Here is a statement from the NMED: NMED found the DOE Los Alamos Field Office’s 2021 Plan was inadequate due to a lack of substantive and appropriate clean-up targets for coming years.
LANL’s current and historical operations include nuclear weapons design and testing; high explosives research, development, fabrication, and testing; chemical and materials science research; electrical research and development; laser design and development; and photographic processing. These operations generate numerous waste streams, including hazardous and radiological wastes. The 2016 Consent Order addresses the clean-up and disposition of the significant quanti
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• Feb 25, 2021
Santa Fe, NM -Attorney General Balderas today filed a lawsuit in the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico against Gilead Sciences, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, LLC, and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., for violating the New Mexico Antitrust Act and New Mexico Unfair Practices Act. Here is a statement from the New Mexico AG s office:
The lawsuit stems from the development, marketing, and manufacturing of several antiretroviral medications used in the prevention and treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”) – a disease which, if left untreated, destroys the immune system and leads to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (“AIDS”). The antiretroviral medications at issue include VIREAD®, TRUVADA®, ATRIPLA®, VEMLIDY®, and DESCOVY®.
New Mexico Environment Department Files Complaint Against DOE To Speed Clean-Up Of Legacy Waste, Terminate 2016 Consent Order At Los Alamos National Laboratory ladailypost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ladailypost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.