Private Equity Buyouts of Health Care Facilities Comes With Cost to Patients
The rising trend in burnout of health care workers in recent years has presented an opportunity for private equity corporations in the United States to invest in the health care market at record high rates.1 For several decades, multibillion-dollar corporate giants have been gaining control of many sectors of American society, including the food industry […]
Los Angeles School District Encourages Sick Students to Attend Classes
When Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in California reopened following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration, public school officials initially demanded that parents keep students at home if they showed even the slightest symptoms of illness.1 At one time, LAUSD had the strictest COVID-19 protocols in the United States, which […]
EcoHealth Alliance Sued by Families for Funding Chinese Institute Linked to Mutant SARS-CoV-2
Family members of four people who died from COVID-19 are suing the New York-based non-profit EcoHealth Alliance and its president, Peter Daszak, for funding and collaborating with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China. Since 2020, there have been allegations that the Chinese biohazard research facility is responsible for a lab leak that released […]
Novavax to Receive $350 Million for Cancelled COVID Vaccine Orders in Canada
According to a securities filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by Novavax Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland on June 30, 2023, the government of Canada will pay the company $349.6 million to settle the forfeiting of doses of its Nuvaxovid recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine previously ordered and scheduled for delivery.1 2 Nuvaxvoid was […]
FDA Panel Endorses New Alzheimer’s Drug After Accelerated Approval
The newest Alzheimer’s drug is on its way for full regulatory approval after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted that the drug was beneficial in slowing cognitive decline. The drug is expected to be fully approved by July 6, 2023.1 In clinical trials the drug, known as lecanemab, demonstrated a 27 […]
Billions of Dollars in U.S. COVID Relief Aid Stolen
COVID-19 relief aid fraud ran rampant in the United States during the pandemic. Billions of dollars of government relief aid that was meant to stabilize the U.S. economy was instead pilfered. Social security numbers of federal prisoners and people who had previously passed away were used to redeem unemployment checks, while federal loan applicants were […]