Justice Department charges 15 in $2 billion Los Angeles health care fraud takedown
The Justice Department charges 15 in a $2 billion Los Angeles health care fraud takedown, a personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine cuts recurrence risk by 42%, and the FDA approves bepirovirsen for hepatitis B.
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Nigeria has become the fifth country to detect the Bundibugyo virus in the current outbreak, WHO says. An immunotherapy alone may let some patients avoid chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. GSK's bepirovirsen lets some patients on long-term antivirals try stopping treatment. Prosecutors proved Patrick Britton-Harr billed for respiratory tests nobody ordered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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An immunotherapy-only regimen may let some patients with a rare rectal cancer subtype skip chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Kenya has confirmed local spread of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which no approved vaccine or specific treatment exists. A warehouse cooler problem prompted a Class I recall of hot dogs, bacon, sausage and deli meats sold nationwide. Health care companies that find possible criminal fraud now have one place to report it.