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HCA to buy majority stake in Brookdale’s home health, outpatient therapy business
HCA Healthcare will purchase the majority stake of Brookdale Senior Living’s home health, hospice and outpatient therapy arm, the companies said Wednesday. Under the agreement,

COVID-19 testing lab firm sues California whistleblower
A whistleblower who accused a COVID-19 testing lab she managed in California of improper work is being sued by the company for violating a confidentiality

South Sudan: UN agencies support nationwide polio vaccination campaign
An outbreak of the life-threatening disease, which mainly affects children under five, was first declared last September and has spread to 17 counties in all

West Africa steps up efforts to tackle latest Ebola threat
So far, nine cases have been reported in Guinea, leading to five deaths. While there have been no confirmed cases beyond the West African nation

Syria: Economic decline, rising hunger and surging humanitarian needs
Citing “disturbing new food security data” published by the World Food Programme (WFP), Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock stated that some 60 per cent

Teladoc reports $383.3M in fourth-quarter revenue, up 145%
Teladoc Health nearly doubled its full-year revenue in 2020 as telehealth soared amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to company earnings results released Wednesday. The Purchase,

Seven common long-term symptoms of COVID-19
With US deaths from COVID-19 recently surpassing 500,000, there are 111 million confirmed cases worldwide. Fortunately, COVID-19 vaccination is also on the rise, with more

Real-world trial of Pfizer COVID vaccine finds high 2-dose, good 1-dose protection
A large observational, real-world study from Israel estimates that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is 46% effective at preventing infection 14 to 20 days after the