As many as 9,000 Americans die each year after receiving the wrong prescription drugs or doses. Pharmacies are fighting a bill to shed light on the problem.
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California pharmacies are making millions of mistakes. They’re fighting to keep that secret
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Michael Avenatti gets 14 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from clients
December 5, 2022By
Michael Avenatti, ex-attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, gets 14 years in prison for dodging taxes and stealing millions of dollars from clients.
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Incarceration of Parent is Associated with Worse Access to Health Care for Millions of U.S. Children, New Study Shows
November 15, 2022By
According to a new study, children exposed to parental incarceration had worse access to primary care and more unmet dental and mental health care needs than their peers, even after accounting for income, insurance status, rurality, and other important factors. With the United States having the highest incarceration rate in the world, these barriers currently place more than 5 million children who have experience the incarceration of a parent at risk of worse mental and physical health outcomes because of poor access to early health interventions.
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Mega Millions jackpot reaches $810 million. Your odds of winning are 1 in 303 million
July 26, 2022By
The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing is the lottery game’s third largest. Its cash value sits at $ 470.1 million.
Cal State pays millions to executives after they resign, with little oversight of what they do
March 11, 2022By
CSU has paid more than $ 4 million in salary and benefits to a small group of former executives including former Chancellor Joseph I. Castro, who resigned last month
Reducing sugar in packaged foods can prevent disease in millions
August 30, 2021By
Cutting 20% of sugar from packaged foods and 40% from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events
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Person in Michigan wins Mega Millions’ $1 billion jackpot, 2nd-largest total ever
January 24, 2021By
One lucky person is taking home the Mega Millions jackpot cash.
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NASA flights detect millions of Arctic methane hotspots
February 14, 2020By
In a new study, scientists with NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) used planes equipped with the Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer — Next Generation (AVIRIS — NG), a highly specialized instrument, to fly over some 20,000 square miles (30,000 square kilometers) of the Arctic landscape in the hope of detecting methane hotspots. The instrument did not disappoint.
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New ‘planetary health diet’ will save millions of people — and the planet
January 17, 2019By
An international team of scientists has developed a diet it says can improve health while ensuring sustainable food production to reduce further damage to the planet. It’s based on cutting red meat and sugar consumption in half and upping intake of fruits, vegetables and nuts.
Tackling climate change could save millions of lives, report says
December 6, 2018By
Climate studies often pinpoint the detrimental public health impacts related to rising atmospheric temperatures, extreme weather events and other consequences of a changing climate.
