David Joel Perea llamó desde Maine, Vermont, Minnesota y, la última vez, desde Nevada, siempre con el mismo pedido: “Mamá, ¿puedes enviarme tamales?”. Dominga Perea los enviaba por correo nocturno. Así es como se enteraba dónde estaba su hijo de 35 años. El enfermero itinerante tenía “una tremenda ética de…
Trump Rule Gives Small Companies a New Tool to Help Workers Buy Health Coverage
Until October, Andrea LaRew was paying $950 a month for health insurance through her job at the Northwest Douglas County Chamber & Economic Development Corp. in the metro Denver area. Her company didn’t contribute anything toward the premium. Plus, LaRew and her husband had a steep $13,000 deductible for the…
‘An Arm And a Leg’: How a Former Health Care Executive Became a Health Care Whistleblower
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Former health care executive Wendell Potter spent part of 2020 publishing high-profile apologies for the work he used to do — the lies he said he told the American people for his old employers. These days, he said, he’s also trying to…
Coronavirus-related syndrome behind death of Florida girl, 8: ‘She was a perfect child’
Fox News Flash top headlines for January 20 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A Florida family is grieving the loss of an 8-year-old girl who died after showing signs of a rare but serious syndrome related to the novel coronavirus, her father…
Making a hospital space feel psychologically safer helped South African health workers
In a busy South African hospital recently, teams of nurses and doctors were given an unusual task. They had to figure out who could build the tallest freestanding structure out of nothing but spaghetti sticks and then balance a marshmallow on top. They had 20 minutes to work it out….
Workaholics at a greater risk of depression, study finds
Deutsche Bank work-from-home tax proposal is ‘absolutely wrong’: Varney FOX Business host Stuart Varney tells ‘Fox & Friends’ we should be encouraging people to stay at home and take care of their family during this time of crisis. If you are a workaholic, depression or a lack of sleep, could…
Jade Roper Would Consider Being a Surrogate With 'the Right Timing'
Keeping her options open. Jade Roper wouldn’t be opposed to being pregnant again — as another family’s surrogate. Kim Kardashian and More Celebs Who Used Surrogates When an Instagram user messaged the Bachelor in Paradise alum, 34, on Wednesday, January 13, about being a gestational carrier, Roper replied, “True! If…
Inferring human genomes at a fraction of the cost promises to boost biomedical research
Thousands of genetic markers have already been robustly associated with complex human traits, such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, obesity, or height. To discover these associations, researchers need to compare the genomes of many individuals at millions of genetic locations or markers, and therefore require cost-effective genotyping technologies. A new statistical…
Teen’s scars tell a story of her frightening first 2 years
Madeline “Maddie” Ramon is used to being asked about the scars that can often be seen poking out the top of her shirt. “When I was younger, I had a heart problem and I had heart surgery,” she tells people. “And I’m good now.” Katie Ramon smiles when she hears…
A death #Every10Minutes: LA begs revelers to avoid NYE gatherings
“A mother,” “a cancer patient,” “someone who loved the rain”: Los Angeles health officials tweeted every 10 minutes Thursday to mark the deaths of a coronavirus victim, as they implored people not to go out on New Year’s Eve. “#Every10Minutes someone dies of COVID-19 in LA County. People who were…
This Guy Shared a 5-Second Trick He Uses to Beat Alcohol Cravings
In a new YouTube video, Leon Sylvester, who makes content about his experiences of sobriety and first principles thinking, shares a technique that he has found useful in managing alcohol cravings since becoming sober. “I used to live my life at the mercy of a craving,” he says. “Every single…