health care
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That Viral Tweet About the ‘Healthy’ History of McDonald’s Is Dumb and Wrong
Ryan Petersen, the CEO of a logistics tech company called Flexport, tweeted out a photo that went viral Monday, purporting to show a time when McDonald’s used supposedly healthier cooking methods. Petersen suggested the people from this allegedly ancient photo were much healthier than the people of 2022, insinuating it’s because they weren’t consuming seed…
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U.S. Insurers Wasted Millions on Ivermectin for COVID-19, Study Finds
Researchers analysing insurance claims data estimate that U.S. insurers have paid tens of millions of dollars for ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment, despite little good evidence that ivermectin does anything to treat or prevent the viral illness. During a single week in August 2021, private and Medicare insurance plans forked over about $US2.5 (A$3) million…
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Oxygen for Water Treatment Diverted to Orlando Hospitals Dealing With Covid-19 Surge
Today in dystopian hellscape news: covid-19 cases in Orlando have apparently gotten so overwhelming that it’s begun impacting the city’s water supply. Yes, really.
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One Receipt’s Worth of CVS Health Records Were Exposed Online
CVS, that glorious, bustling enterprise where the receipts extend beyond the reaches of man, has suffered a data leak of equally infinite proportion.