Small businesses under pressure from soaring costs Key costs for Australian small businesses have climbed by 24.6 per cent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research by AMP Bank Go. AAP · Aug 3
Cancer and Long-Term Care Hospitals Will Stop Reporting Staff COVID Vaccination Rates Under a Finalized Medicare Rule CMS finalized removal of staff COVID vaccination reporting for 11 cancer hospitals and long-term care hospitals, beginning with the FY 2028 program year. Medical Daily · Aug 3
Careful what you bid for: The Ellisons' Paramount/WBD deal is slipping toward a costly legal and financial cliff With free cash flow at just $96 million, the $110 billion Warner Bros. bid faces a ticking fee Paramount can barely afford as states want a 2027 trial. Fortune · Aug 3
RFK Jr Snaps at CNN's Dana Bash 'You're Sitting Here Attacking Me!' as Measles and Covid Clash Turns Explosive Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CNN's Dana Bash engaged in a heated debate over vaccine safety, measles outbreaks, and public health policies, highlighting ongoing tensions in America's vaccine discourse. International Business Times UK · Aug 2
RFK Jr yells at CNN’s Dana Bash during on-air exchange about pandemic IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 2
RFK Jr loses temper in angry clash with CNN host over measles and Covid: ‘You want to sit here and attack me?’ Heated health secretary angrily accuses Dr. Anthony Fauci of ‘lying about everything’ and CNN of ‘punishing’ people during Covid in contentious interview The Independent UK · Aug 2
Fauci hearing filled with conspiracies The spectacle shows what happens when conspiracy theories become embedded in political institutions Salon · Aug 2
Pregnant Patients Caught Between Two Vaccine Schedules Now Have Infant Hospitalization Numbers to Bring to the Appointment ACOG and CDC guidance on pregnancy vaccines now differ. New research shows maternal RSV vaccination cut infant hospitalizations by about 68 percent. Medical Daily · Jul 31
Obama described Trump as an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal Former President Obama reportedly apologized for using crude language during the call, but continued his blunt criticism of the Trumps The Independent UK · Jul 31
A Long COVID Trial Found Fatigue Improved with Specialist Care While Routine Full Body Scans Added Nothing In the largest long COVID care trial, fatigue improved across all groups over 12 weeks. Adding routine multi-organ MRI scans produced no benefit. Medical Daily · Jul 31
Nurse Assistants Had Higher Long COVID Rates Than Doctors Across Three Hospitals in a New Occupational Study A study of 8,441 healthcare workers across three Spanish hospitals found that nurse assistants consistently had higher rates of long COVID than physicians. Medical Daily · Jul 31
Star Health cuts mediclaim without citing any policy clauses: Court says insurer cannot act on 'whims and fancies'; orders to pay the remaining Rs 47K Star Health Insurance has been ordered by a Guntur consumer commission to pay Rs 47,356 to a policyholder whose Covid hospitalisation claim was only partially settled, with the court ruling that the insurer deducted amounts without citing specific policy clauses and acted on its own whims and fancies. The Economic Times · Jul 31
Three Medical Device Categories Established in 2023 Are Now Officially Codified by the FDA FDA codified three device categories covering a kidney risk test, a diabetes therapy app, and at-home COVID tests. All were classified in 2023. Medical Daily · Jul 31
Patients May Have Received Eye Tests They Did Not Need, a Federal Indictment Alleges A federal indictment alleges a NJ eye care founder billed Medicare for unnecessary tests. How to check whether your own imaging was warranted. Medical Daily · Jul 30
The Conversation · Jul 30 Fauci’s COVID-origins hearing shows how conspiracy theories became political weapons Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from a Senate committee more than 100 times on July 29, 2026.
Medical Daily · Jul 30 CDC Surveillance Finds 45% of Hospital Patients with Invasive Mold Disease Died Within 90 Days CDC surveillance at four Atlanta hospitals found that 45% of patients with invasive mold disease died within 90 days, and half needed a ventilator.
Medical Daily · Jul 30 Medicare Will Stop Requiring Nursing Homes to Report Staff COVID Vaccination Rates CMS finalized a rule removing two COVID vaccination measures from nursing home quality reporting, changing what families can look up before choosing care.
International Business Times UK · Jul 30 RFK Jr Accuses Fauci of 'Inexcusable Deception' Over Undisclosed Lung Injury Six Months After COVID Vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accuses Dr Anthony Fauci of deception after Fauci's diary reveals a lung injury post-COVID-19 vaccination, sparking political debate over vaccine safety and public trust.
The Independent UK · Jul 30 First human volunteer vaccinated against Bundibugyo strain of Ebola The University of Oxford 's Oxford Vaccine Group has vaccinated the first volunteer in the world's inaugural clinical trial for a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola . This marks the first human administration of the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine, which was developed by Oxford scientists using the same technology…
The Independent UK · Jul 30 Stephen and Katie Miller turned to Fauci for advice early in the pandemic, diaries reveal Katie Miller claimed she deliberately led Fauci, who said he repeatedly checked in on her when she had Covid, to believe they were on friendly terms so he ‘did not leak against me or my husband’
The Conversation · Jul 30 Preeclampsia rates in minority communities shed light on the social roots of maternal health disparities In November 2020, Lupe was in the final weeks of her pregnancy when dark spots began distorting her vision. Lupe, a participant in a study on emotional distress and maternal health in El Paso, Texas, recounted her birth experience in a postpartum interview. (All participant names, Lupe’s included, are pseudonyms…
The Conversation · Jul 30 Schools are rethinking whether every student needs a laptop When the COVID-19 pandemic forced in-person classroom instruction to go virtual, students suddenly needed to have their own laptops or tablets in order to interact with teachers and complete assignments.
The National (Scotland) · Jul 30 Man arrested in anti-fraud investigation into PPE procurement contract POLICE have arrested a man as part of an anti-fraud investigation into the supply of PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic, which an inquiry previously…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 30 First Thing: US government borrowing costs hit new high as strikes on Iran resume Federal Reserve votes to hold its key interest rate steady, sending stocks tumbling. Plus: the origins of Coca-Cola may have been found