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Israel Intensifies Gaza Air Strikes

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Cold-Storage Requirement Dropped for Life-Saving Meningitis Vaccine

New research has shown that a vaccine against bacterial meningitis, which previously required cold storage to transport across Africa, can be shipped and administered safely for up to four days without refrigeration. Publi...

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City Dentist to Serve 18 Months in Prison for Defrauding Medicaid

Robin R. Lockwood, 44, a dentist from Oklahoma City, was sentenced last week to serve 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to committing health care fraud, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney fo...

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Chicago Psychiatrist Allegedly Submitted at Least 190,000 False Claims to Medicaid; Lawsuit Alleges Kickbacks to Prescribe Antipsychotic Medication for Nursing Home Patients

A Chicago psychiatrist received illegal kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies and submitted at least 140,000 false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for antipsychotic medications he prescribed for thousands of mentally ill...

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