San Francisco, CA

With 10 fewer deaths in July, city officials are optimistic that the overdose crisis might be turning a corner. Separately, data show San Francisco's homelessness problem is being driven more and more by drug and alcohol issues. In a hopeful sign that San Francisco’s devastating overdose crisis may be turning...

Fatal Overdoses In San Francisco Fall For Second Straight Month

This installment of InvestigateTV and KFF Health News’ “Costly Care” series digs into patients getting charged hospital prices for doctor’s office care. For five years, a patient got the same injection from the same office. Then it changed how it billed and she owed more than $1,100 for one treatment. (Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV, 8/14 )

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JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other unnamed large banks are reportedly facing a federal investigation over scams and fraud on the billion-dollar instant payments platform Zelle. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is probing how the banks handle disputed transactions on the network, reports the Wall Street...

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo Under Federal Investigation Over Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Scams and Fraud on Instant Payments Platform Zelle

WASHINGTON — A former executive of a steel distributor in San Juan, Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring with competitors to fix prices for sales of reinforcing bar, or rebar. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in San Juan, Juan Carlos Aponte Tolentino, of...

Former Steel Distributor Exec Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing Conspiracy

Thousands of Cisco employees will be affected by a new layoff round, which could be announced next week, according to a Reuters report. Cisco will reportedly lay off around 4,000 employees in its second round of job cuts this year as the world’s largest networking company doubles down on artificial intelligence.

Cisco To Lay Off Around 4,000 Employees: Report

Union Square Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Slow Ventures co-led the round. The company previously raised $5 million in a seed round led by Ribbit Capital with Slow Ventures participating. Sling Money aims to offer a cheaper and faster means of sending money around the world. Sling Money, a stablecoin-powered global...

Former Deliveroo Exec Secures $15m Series A for a Cheaper and Faster Global Payments Service

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

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A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Alabama State

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Los Angeles County, CA

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It's been 21 years since actress/singer Nell Carter, best known for the 1980s NBC sitcom, Gimme a Break!, died of natural causes at only 54. This is her story. Nell Carter was born September 13, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama. After initially finding fame on and off-Broadway, and via a brief role in 1977 on the TV datime drama, Ryan's Hope, Carter took the lead in Ain't Misbehavin'!, a live stage revue of the works of composer Fats Waller.

The Brief Life & Tragic Death of Nell Carter ('Gimme A Break' & 'Ain't Misbehavin'): 21 Years Later

Here are 11 updates on UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries that Becker's has reported since July 22:. 1. UnitedHealth Group recorded the largest profit among major payers in the second quarter of 2024. 2. The consumerization of healthcare is accelerating, and the nation's largest health insurer is keeping pace. In...

UnitedHealth Group in the headline: 11 updates

Polk County, FL

Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

Also, Stat delves into questions about how Eli Lilly can keep innovating at a fast pace. Eli Lilly & Co. sent a wave of letters to US health care providers in recent days demanding they stop promoting copycat weight-loss drugs as supply of the company’s brand-name medicines improves. The cease-and-desist letters went to telehealth companies, wellness centers and medical spas, a Lilly spokesperson said. Several brick-and-mortar clinics also received letters, according to interviews and records reviewed by Bloomberg News. (Swetlitz and Muller, 8/14)

Eli Lilly Sends Cease-And-Desist Letters To Halt Sales Of Copycat Obesity Drugs

It's been 33 years since the handsome actor and Emmy award-winning TV game show host Bert Convy died of a brain tumor at 57 in 1991. This is his story. Bert Convy was born July 23, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was in the shoe business, while his parents separated when he was just seven years old. His mother moved the family to California in the San Fernando Valley, where Convy attended North Hollywood High and was named the "class clown."

In Memory of Actor/Game Show Host Bert Convy: 33 Years After His Tragic Death From Brain Cancer

New Orleans, LA

The research funds will be allocated to eight colleges and universities across the country, including a team at Tulane, where President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday. The president also focused on the need to break down research "silos" and improve information sharing, Fox News reported. President Joe Biden, alongside first lady...

Biden’s ‘Cancer Moonshot’: $150M Will Go Toward Tools To Help Surgeons Remove Tumors

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Amazon's lawsuit against the Telegram group "Chin Chopa" also names seven US defendants who the company says used and promoted an illegal scam.

Amazon got scammed. Now it's trying to get even.

Editorial writers discuss these issues and others. Today a woman in her 30s faces higher odds of a cancer diagnosis than her grandmother did at her age two generations ago. Cancer incidence and mortality are rising in millennials and even younger populations, according to American Cancer Society (ACS) data, while rates among older Americans are declining. (Karen E. Knudsen and Othman Laraki, 8/12)

Viewpoints: Too Many Young People Are Getting Cancer; The Public Agrees On Free Tampon Access In Bathrooms

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

California State

Golden Gate Media

Optum, the health services segment of UnitedHealth, announced it will lay off 524 employees in California. This news was disclosed in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the state on July 18. The impending layoffs and departmental closures will impact a variety of healthcare facilities and administrative roles across the state.

More than 500 California workers with healthcare giant to be laid off in waves, stste filing shows

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Boston, MA

Employees were told neither state nor city public health authorities will take over the facility by eminent domain. Carney Hospital, owned by troubled Steward Health Care, is thus still slated for closure by Aug. 31. Other reports say Steward is selling its physician group to Rural Healthcare. The Massachusetts Department...

Local Officials Have No Plans To Save Boston’s Carney Hospital From Closure

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In a dramatic rescue operation captured on video, the Italian Coast Guard airlifted a pregnant woman from a cruise ship in the Adriatic Sea on Sunday. According to news reports, the woman, who was experiencing complications and "at risk of miscarriage", was successfully transported to a hospital for medical care.

Pregnant Woman Evacuated from Cruise Ship "At Risk of Miscarriage"

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With medical devices, recalls are not always what they seem. In some recalls, including some of the most serious, the FDA and the manufacturers let doctors...

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