NHL CBA establishes a fund for retired players’ health care and wellness
11 Sep
Health News

NHL CBA establishes a fund for retired players’ health care and wellness

Posted by author-avatar
0
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Beyond the noticeable changes in the new NHL collective bargaining agreement like expanding the regular season to 84 games and implementing a playoff salary cap is an investment in caring for former players that has not existed until now. The league and union will contribute $4 million annually to the newly established Retired Players Emergency Healthcare and Wellness Fund. NHL Alumni Association president and executive director Glenn Healy, a retired goaltender, said the plan provides access to a family doctor and a mental wellness professional for any player, “whether you played one...
Continue reading
Nazi scientist linked to thalidomide signed off on penicillin imports into Ireland
10 Sep
Health News

Nazi scientist linked to thalidomide signed off on penicillin imports into Ireland

Posted by author-avatar
0
A Nazi scientist working at the company which made controversial compound thalidomide found in pregnancy drugs signed off on imports of penicillin and other drugs into Ireland during the 1950s, the Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) has discovered.It is now even more urgent the State shares its papers on the thalidomide controversy to unveil all links with the company now called Grünenthal, the association urged on Thursday.Heinrich Mückter, a Nazi party member, experimented during the Second World War on prisoners in camps including Buchenwald. It is said hundreds died after being injected with the killer disease typhus.Despite being wanted in Poland for war crimes, he escaped and later became chief scientist at Grünenthal. Links between Nazism and thalidomide have been previously documented.In 2012 American outlet Newsweek wrote: “It was in this company of men, indifferent...
Continue reading
Planned Parenthood files legal challenge to protect Medicaid funding in South Carolina
10 Sep
Health News

Planned Parenthood files legal challenge to protect Medicaid funding in South Carolina

Posted by author-avatar
0
A new legal challenge from Planned Parenthood seeks to preserve Medicaid payments for its health centers in South Carolina after a Supreme Court decision put the federal funding in jeopardy.On Thursday, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic filed an amended complaint in federal court challenging the constitutionality of executive orders from Republican Gov. Henry McMaster that block Medicaid reimbursements for organizations providing abortions, even though the funds are used to provide other medical care. The South Carolina clinics provide services such as contraception, cancer screenings, annual exams and testing for sexually transmitted diseases.“This case is about Planned Parenthood’s provision of essential health care services, other than abortionto its patients in South Carolina,” the complaint states, noting that terminating the provider from Medicaid “will have a devastating impact on its ability to provide a wide range of non-abortion...
Continue reading
Load more posts
Loading...