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Dr. Oz announces a 50-state audit of Medicaid program oversight

NEW YORK (AP) - The Trump administration will require all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate some of their Medicaid providers in a national escalation of anti-fraud efforts that have so far largely focused on specific states, Dr. Mehmet Oz said Tuesday. The ...
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Earth Day started as a US ‘teach-in’ 56 years ago. Now it’s a global event

Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some 8 ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: CTA leader addresses transit security

(The Center Square) - Chicago Transit Authority Acting President Nora Leerhsen says the agency has increased law enforcement hours by 75% across the system. When reporters asked Leehrsen and ...
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Illinoisans ‘ought be concerned’ report ranks IL 45th for economic outlook

(The Center Square) - A tax and fiscal policy task force director says Illinois residents ought to be concerned about the state's low rankings in a new report. The ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Pritzker awards $31.8M in forgivable cannabis loans

(The Center Square) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker awarded $31.8 million in forgivable loans through the state's Cannabis Social Equity Loan Program. The governor's office says the 95 licensed ...
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Instant View: UnitedHealth’s strong first quarter, forecast raise cheer Wall Street

April 21 (Reuters) - UnitedHealth opened the first-quarter earnings season for insurers with a strong performance, raising its annual profit forecast and surpassing Wall Street expectations for quarterly earnings and revenue. The upbeat results boosted shares of the conglomerate, which has faced a series of ...
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Germany risks missing out on new drugs, AstraZeneca CEO tells paper

FRANKFURT, April 21 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's CEO told daily Handelsblatt on Tuesday that Germany risks missing out on new drugs that the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker plans to launch if the nation sticks with plans to keep spending on pharmaceuticals in check. "When we can't launch some ...
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Illinois quick hits: Two additional tornadoes confirmed

Two additional tornadoes confirmed The National Weather Service says it has confirmed that two more tornadoes affected northern Illinois last Friday, bringing the state's total to nine on that ...
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Chicago officials investigate ex-mayoral employee, drinking by city workers

(The Center Square) - The Chicago Board of Ethics is looking into allegations that a former high-level employee in the mayor's office solicited a job for his or her child from a city contractor, allowed the contractor to perform unsolicited work for the city ...
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Poisoned baby food was part of attempted extortion, German producer says

VIENNA, April 20 (Reuters) - Jars of baby food deliberately tainted with rat poison and found in Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were part of an attempt to extort their manufacturer, and one jar could still be unaccounted for, the company and German ...
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GLP-1 boom nudges cannabis dispensaries to rethink offerings

By Mrinalika Roy and Sriparna Roy April 20 (Reuters) - The surging popularity of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs is quietly reshaping the $40 billion U.S. cannabis market, experts and industry executives said, as retailers adjust product offerings to suit changing consumer behavior tied to the ...
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What to know about psychedelic retreats, a booming business with few safety guardrails

WASHINGTON (AP) - Surging interest in the purported benefits of psychedelic drugs has given rise to books, documentaries and conferences dedicated to the mind-altering substances. Now add one more business to the list: psychedelic retreats. Hundreds of outfits across the world are offering multiday trips ...
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