COVINGTON, Ga. — To help readers maintain a healthy lifestyle, The Covington News recently reached out to Megan Jaimes-Arias, RDN, LD, for professional guidance. Arias is a dietitian at Piedmont Newton Hospital where she has served for four years. She earned her bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Dietetics at the University of Georgia as well…
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The new requirement means that most consumers with private health insurance can buy at-home tests online or in stores and have them paid for at the time of purchase or get reimbursed by submitting a claim to their insurer. Consumers will not need to visit their doctor or get a prescription to obtain the free…
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APPLETON – Seven health care workers will be able to start their new jobs at Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton after a judge dismissed a temporary restraining order Monday that was barring them from doing so at the request of their former employer, ThedaCare. Outagamie County Circuit Court Judge Mark McGinnis ruled that ThedaCare’s…
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By Natalie [email protected] SALISBURY — Members of the Healthy Rowan coalition say a recent $50,000 award to the city will help expand and promote lifestyle education initiatives to the area’s youth and reduce the risk of chronic diseases. Mayor Karen Alexander received the grant on the city of Salisbury’s behalf last week during the annual…
Healthcare has become a much more pressing issue for Americans in the last two years due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. With rising costs and uncertainties in some policies, more and more people are seeing the value and importance of securing themselves and their families with some type of health insurance. That’s why the Golden…
Washington — President Biden said Thursday that a record 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from his administration. “Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for all Americans,” Mr. Biden said in a statement. “We are making that right a reality…
As a pulmonary and critical care physician in Southern California treating hospitalized patients with COVID-19, I am noticing a rising tension. Beyond just being overwhelmed, we are now part of the collateral damage. I recently asked a security guard to accompany me and an ICU nurse to meet the family of an unvaccinated 42-year-old firefighter…
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