Private equity takes over health care: What does it mean for patients? For You News Sports Entertainment Life Money Tech Travel Opinion Private equity firms have shelled out almost $1 trillion to acquire health care businesses in deals almost always hidden from regulators. The result: higher prices, lawsuits and complaints […]
Day: November 16, 2022
For some COVID patients, ‘Paxlovid rebound’ has nothing to do with Paxlovid
This is a story about a COVID-19 medication, a nasty trick the coronavirus sometimes plays on its victims, and how the two became a pandemic couple called “Paxlovid rebound.” It’s also a story about how looks can be deceiving. Americans have been quick to embrace the idea that the antiviral […]
Veterans have no greater friend on earth than this Alabama dentist
“Every day should be Veterans Day.” – Dr. Barry Booth Veterans have no greater friend on this earth than Dr. Barry Lee Booth. An Auburn graduate, Booth joined the U.S. Navy Reserve in 1963 while going to dental school at the University of Alabama. He began active duty in the […]
Russia’s Lavrov went to hospital for ‘checkup’: Indonesia official
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited and later left a Bali hospital ahead of the Group of 20 summit being held on the island, Indonesian authorities said Monday. Russia denied that he had been hospitalized. Russia’s top diplomat arrived on the resort island the previous evening to take part in […]