Blue Shield of California plans layoff of 373 across state, 150 in Sacramento region
Blue Shield of California is planning a layoff of hundreds of employees across the state next month, the bulk of whom are in the Sacramento region, according to state records.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Hamann Source Type: news

Dog knocking over lit birthday cake has internet howling: " The silence "
A video of a birthday cake presentation being ruined by an overexcited dog has gone viral on TikTok. The clip, posted by user @chelsey3022 and watched 13.3 million times, shows a woman in a kitchen picking up a large cake lit with candles and sparklers and carrying it carefully into the living…#theamericanveterinarymedicalassociat #catherinebarnette #vca #tiktokers #liam #jazmin #tiktok #chloeglancy
Source: Reuters: Health - December 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Breach of the Big Silence.’ Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits
In one video, a man sarcastically sings a patriotic song. In another, a group of protesters hold up blank pieces of paper and chant in unison. In a third clip, a group of mourners light candles around a vigil to those who died in a fire while in lockdown in western China. Signs of organized…#protests #twitter #censors #internet #patrioticsong #sarcasticallysings #protest #censorship #deleted #censor
Source: Reuters: Health - November 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Does the expense ratio for SPY vs VOO matter in the long run if S & P is the bulk of your portfolio?
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dow Jones Rises; Tesla, Ford Recalls; Apple Eyes Soccer; Binance ' s Crypto Saving Fund
The Dow Jones Industrial Average held the bulk its 0.5% gain at close in the holiday-shortened trading session on Black Friday. The stock market closed at 1 p.m. ET.X The S&P 500, which rose a modest 0.1% earlier, pared back and was flat at closing. The Nasdaq fell by 0.4% in early trading and…#jonesindustrial #dowjones #industrial #dow #rose #jones #strongvolume #strong #volume #apple
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

HP, Bay Area tech mainstay, to lay off up to 6,000 people
HP, the hardware tech company that remains a massive mainstay in the Bay Area, announced this week that it would conduct layoffs over the next three years — with a bulk of them happening this fiscal year. As part of a restructuring plan HP calls the “Future Ready strategy,” the Palo…#massivemainstay #conductlayoffs #futureready #paloaltoheadquartered #readystrategy #bay #fiscal #hardware #remains #massive
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biden, like more Americans, is working past 80
less than 3 min read Become smarter in just 5 minutes Get the daily email that makes reading the news actually enjoyable. Stay informed and entertained, for free. President Joe Biden blew out 80 birthday candles on Sunday, becoming the first octogenarian to occupy the White House. Concerns about…#stayinformed #min #dailyemail #minutes #enjoyable #stay #entertained #smarter #daily #email
Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Assessing racial disparities in homicide sentencing: findings from Brazil - Testa A, Santos MR, Ribeiro L, Hartley R.
Over the past four decades, hundreds of studies have examined the presence of racial disparities in criminal punishment. The bulk of this research has been conducted in the United States and a few other western democracies, with limited research assessing ...
Source: SafetyLit - November 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

As Nicole Pummels Florida, Experts Warn of Generator Dangers
THURSDAY, Nov. 10, 2022 -- Hurricane Nicole left thousands of Floridians without power Thursday morning, leading the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to warn residents about the dangers of generators and candles. The Category 1 hurricane made...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 10, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

‘ More Bad News For The Planet ’ As Emissions Rise to Record Levels in 2021
GENEVA — The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an “ominous” sign as war in Ukraine, rising costs of food and fuel, and other worries have elbowed in on longtime concerns about global warming in recent months. “More bad news for the planet,” the World Meteorological Organization said in a statement along with its latest annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. It’s one of several reports released in recent days looking at several aspects of humanity’s struggle with climate change in the run up to...
Source: TIME: Science - October 26, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jamey Keaten/AP Tags: Uncategorized climate climate change embargoed study healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

Merck locates frozen batch of undisclosed Ebola vaccine, will donate for testing in Uganda ’s outbreak
In a revelation that may help Uganda combat its outbreak of Ebola, the pharmaceutical giant Merck has acknowledged to Science— after repeated inquiries — that it has up to 100,000 doses of an experimental vaccine for the deadly viral disease in its freezers in Pennsylvania and will donate them. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ugandan government are discussing if and how these doses can be incorporated into one or more clinical trials of other candidate Ebola vaccines that could launch as soon as next month. The Merck vaccine targets Sudan ebolavirus, the pathogen currently circulating...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 23, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

As the cost of food rises, we create recipes using a selection of cheap freezer basics
Frozen food is often considerably cheaper because it has a much longer shelf life, which means supermarkets can bulk buy without fear of unsold food being wasted.
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hurricane Ian: 10-Year-Old Olivia Celebrates Her Birthday in a Red Cross Shelter
It was a quiet morning for the Pullen–Fazchas family of four — mom Shelby, dad Frank, and daughters Olivia and Emily — staying at the Red Cross shelter in St. Cloud, Florida, as a group of volunteers tried to keep a secret. The group was setting up a party for Olivia’s 10th birthday. Shortly after lunch was served, Olivia and Emily, along with most of the residents of the shelter, were either in the dormitory or enjoying the good weather in the courtyard. Those entering the party room were told, “It’s Olivia’s 10th birthday” in a whisper. At 1 p.m., Olivia entered the party room and saw a la...
Source: Red Cross Chat - October 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Disaster american red cross Disaster Response florida Hurricane Ian Shelter Support Source Type: news

Why John Fetterman Needs Closed Captioning Technology After His Stroke
Five months after the Democratic nominee in one of the nation’s most competitive Senate races suffered a stroke, there’s still a lot to learn about his recovery. In the final weeks of the Pennsylvania Senate campaign, a key Republican attack against the state’s lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, has centered on his use of closed-captioning technology, which translates audio into text on a screen in real-time. He relied on the technology during an interview conducted Friday with NBC News, his first in-person, on-camera sit-down since his stroke in May. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “...
Source: TIME: Health - October 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mini Racker Tags: Uncategorized elections Explainer healthscienceclimate uspoliticspolicy Source Type: news

‘Zero scent’: could negative reviews of smelly candles hint at a Covid surge?
There is indeed a correlation between Covid cases and the number of reviews complaining that Yankee Candles don ’t have a smell, research showsYankee Candle calls itself “America’s favorite brand of premium scented candles”, and offers over 600 fragrances, like “Spiced pumpkin” and “Warm apple pie” designed to fill your living room with homey holiday vibes.Days before Thanksgiving 2020, a Twitter user pointed out a sharp rise in negative reviews complaining the famously pungent candles had no smell. Could it be a hidden sign of the Covid wave, the user wondered? In total, the candles have well over 100,000 ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 13, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Wilfred Chan Tags: Coronavirus Science Source Type: news

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