DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

A Cataldo Ambulance medic holds used doses of naloxone after medics revived a man in his 40's who was found unresponsive from an opioid overdose in the Boston suburb of Salem, Massachusetts, U.S., August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Brian SnyderWASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Friday nearly $1.5 billion to fund access to medications for opioid overdoses, sanctions against traffickers, and increased funding for law enforcement, the White House said. The Biden administration is keen to show it is taking action on a worsening nationwide opioid crisis, which according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data fueled more than 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2021, a nearly 15% increase from the previous year. Biden will announce nearly $1.5 billion in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to states, tribal lands and territories, said Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, assistant secretary for mental health and substance use. The funds will go toward treating substance-use disorders and removing barriers to key tools like naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses, Delphin-Rittmon said.

☆ U.S. probing alleged fraud in Mississippi as ex-official pleads guilty
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The FBI along with two federal agencies are investigating alleged fraud in Mississippi, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday as the former head of the state's Department of Human Services pled guilty for conspiring to misuse federal funds. John Davis of Jackson, Mississippi, pleaded guilty on Thursday and will be sentenced in February, the Justice Department said, adding that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture are part of the federal investigation. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ U.S. cutting global donations of Pfizer COVID shots as demand slows
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Michael Erman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Rodrigo GarridoNEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The United States is significantly cutting back the number of Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine doses it will buy for donation to poorer nations this year, Pfizer said on Thursday, citing diminished demand for the shots in those countries. The United States will have an option to buy up to an additional 400 million shots for the program after this year. Pfizer said it had already delivered 400 million vaccine doses in 79 countries under the U.S. government contract. The vaccine doses were donated through the COVAX program, run by the World Health Organization and GAVI global vaccine alliance, which was intended to deliver COVID-19 shots to the world's poorer countries. COVAX has been negotiating since june with vaccine manufacturers to cut or slow deliveries of 400 million to 600 million vaccine doses from its own contracts.

☆ Hurricane Fiona strengthens to a Category 4 as it moves away from Turks and Caicos
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The storm had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and was moving north at 8 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The center of the storm is expected to continue to approach Bermuda late Thursday, according to the Hurricane Center. Long lines were reported at several gas stations across Puerto Rico, and some pulled off a main highway to collect water from a stream. The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency traveled to Puerto Rico on Tuesday as the agency announced it was sending hundreds of additional personnel to boost local response efforts. In the Turks and Caicos Islands, officials reported minimal damage and no deaths despite the storm’s eye passing close to Grand Turk, the small British territory’s capital island, on Tuesday morning.

REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstWASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - What is the status of COVID-19 now that President Joe Biden has told the CBS 60 Minutes news program the pandemic is over in the United States? The United States is still operating under the public health emergency, first declared in January 2020. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to renew that designation in October but then let the public health emergency expire in January 2023. read moreWorld Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last week that the "end is in sight" for the pandemic, but still urged nations to maintain their vigilance. The United States has just begun a new COVID vaccination campaign with boosters tailored to the Omicron variant that leading infectious disease doctor Anthony Fauci compared to the annual flu vaccination efforts.

☆ 1 in 3 workers fear they'll catch Covid by returning to the office—here's how to keep yourself healthy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A recent Gallup poll found that one in three U.S. workers are "very" or "moderately" concerned about Covid exposure at work. Stay up-to-date on your Covid vaccinesStaying up-to-date on your vaccines is the best way to protect yourself from Covid. That means completing your primary series and receiving the booster shots you're eligible for. You'll need to be at least two months out from your last dose of any Covid shot, the CDC says. Have completed your primary series, but are immunocompromisedHave completed your primary series and are in an area with a substantial or high level spread of Covid.

☆ Workforce at Alabama chicken plants includes migrant teens
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +20 min

At Amelia’s request, Reuters agreed not to identify her hometown, the chicken plant where she now works, or the exact job she performs there. She said she was determined to get here because Rosa told her she could find work quickly. Amelia provided her new credentials to a staffing firm that supplies laborers to a local chicken plant, she said. Some firms deduct as much as $40 a week from employees’ paychecks for the service, four workers told Reuters. She rarely leaves Rosa’s trailer except to head to and from the chicken plant.

☆ Facebook внедряет специальные рамки для профилей вакцинированных пользователей
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Пользователи, которые были вакцинированы против COVID-19, смогут показать своим друзьям и побудить их сделать то же самое посредством изображения своего профиля и с помощью новой социальной сети. Использование изображения профиля в качестве средства передачи сообщения – идея не новая. На этот раз идея исходит от Facebook, который разработал инструмент, с помощью которого пользователи могут использовать рамку вокруг изображения профиля с надписью «Я был вакцинирован от COVID-19». Как и большинство новостей, выпускаемых Facebook, изначально он доступен только в США, где текст создается на английском и испанском языках. В частности, в этом случае Facebook заявил, что работает с HHS (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) и CDC (Disease Control and Prevention).

Organizations: Facebook, HHS, . Department of Health, Human Services, CDC, Disease Locations: COVID, США

Search resuls for: ". Department of Health"

8 mentions found