Representatives approve national investigation into fake malaria drugs

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The House of Representatives on Thursday directed its Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to conduct a baseline survey in the country’s six geopolitical zones on fake anti-malaria drugs and report back to it within four weeks. The House resolution follows the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance presented to lawmakers in plenary …

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University of Maryland changes campus quarantine policy, responds to US House investigation

University of Maryland changes campus quarantine policy, responds to US House investigation

The University of Maryland at College Park will now allow residential students who test positive for COVID-19 to quarantine on campus, a policy change that comes three weeks after the House Select Subcommittee U.S. officials on the coronavirus pandemic announced an investigation into school isolation. Strategies. Last month, the subcommittee sent a letter to UMD …

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Insurance coverage of procedure to restore sensation after mastectomy is under debate

Insurance coverage of procedure to restore sensation after mastectomy is under debate

NEW YORK (WABC)– There’s a new procedure to help women who have a mastectomy continue to feel sensation in their chest, but Eyewitness News found not all insurance companies will cover it. The procedure, called nerve grafting, involves using nerve tissue to fill a gap between damaged nerves, restoring sensation. During a mastectomy, nerves may …

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GoLocalProv | News | You Can’t Stop Fentanyl – Froma Harrop

GoLocalProv |  News |  You Can't Stop Fentanyl - Froma Harrop

Tuesday October 17, 2023 Froma Harrop, columnist Enlarge + Froma Harrop, columnist PHOTO: File Fentanyl has killed more Americans than the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined. And behind that are even more vicious illicit drugs. The Justice Department may charge Chinese companies producing fentanyl and the precursor chemicals used to make it. The …

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