Cigna is paying over $172 million to settle claims over Medicare Advantage reimbursement
Health insurance provider The Cigna Group will pay more than $172 million over claims it gave the federal government inaccurate Medicare Advantage diagnoses codes...
UN authorizes a second malaria vaccine. Experts warn it’s not enough to stop the...
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization authorized a second malaria vaccine on Monday, a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and a...
Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight security
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children under the...
California’s new mental health court rolls out to high expectations and uncertainty
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and...
Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit...
Mississippi sees spike in child care enrollment after abortion ban and child support policy...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has seen a consistent rise in the number of families accepting public assistance for child care since lawmakers banned...
Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in one Pakistan province are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio:...
Woman pleads guilty to calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to calling in a fake bomb threat to Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced...
Canadian police won’t investigate doctor for sterilizing Indigenous woman
The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, describing the practice as a human rights violation...
Oregon Gov. Kotek directs state police to crack down on fentanyl distribution
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Tuesday she has directed state police to launch new strategies aimed at disrupting the fentanyl...
