Sarah had endured five years of torture from severe and untreatable depression. “Each day I forced myself to resist the suicidal impulses that overtook me several times an hour,” the 36-year-old Californian says. Then a surgical team at the University of California, San Francisco, inserted a thin wire deep into her brain — and administered…
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More than 130 countries have signed up to a groundbreaking global deal on corporate tax reform aimed at eliminating tax havens while bringing in $150bn more a year from multinationals. The 136 nations also agreed to a two-year ban on imposing new taxes on tech groups such as Google and Amazon while the Biden administration…
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More Medicare Advantage plans scored high quality ratings for their 2022 plans than the year before, according to data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday. Of the 322 Advantage plans with prescription drug coverage that received a rating, roughly 68% earned four stars or higher on a scale of one…
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If Mark Zuckerberg’s “juvenile jottings” on privacy from 15 years ago still exist, they’re about to be pored over by lawyers. Facebook Inc. was ordered by a court-appointed referee to search for any personal notes by the company founder that haven’t been destroyed and might be relevant to a consumer lawsuit accusing the social networking…
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Heart attack patients rushed to War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan are quickly stabilized and prepared for transfer to a hospital with a heart catheterization lab. The Upper Peninsula hospital, like most in rural Michigan, is not equipped to handle interventional cardiac or neurological care. But right now War Memorial is short-staffed —…
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Friday launched a new effort to support federal agencies in standardizing data. The new initiative, dubbed USCDI+, builds on the U.S. Core Data for Interoperability, a standardized set of data elements developed by ONC. USCDI+ will set standards that can be helpful for federal…
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The flashy postcard, covered with images of syringes, beckoned people to attend Vax-Con ’21 to learn “the uncensored truth” about COVID-19 vaccines. Participants traveled from around the country to a Wisconsin Dells resort for a sold-out convention that was, in fact, a sea of misinformation and conspiracy theories about vaccines and the pandemic.…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Straining under a pandemic workload and battered by a string of public controversies, one of the leading agencies in the government’s fight against COVID-19 is finally on the verge of getting a new commissioner. After nearly nine months of searching, President Joe Biden says he’s close to naming his choice to lead…
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Council endorses BE Power to progress to next stage for 400-MW Big-T pumped storage – Renewable Energy World No posts to display
Georgia Power gains state approval for 65-MW/260-MWh battery storage project – Renewable Energy World No posts to display