Holding to a health insurance industry commitment to reduce the need for prior authorization, CVS Health’s Aetna health insurance unit said Thursday it will “integrate pharmacy prescriptions and medical procedures into a single clinical review.” Aetna’s CEO Steve Nelson is speaking about…
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A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy
A geothermal startup said Thursday that it has hit gold in Nevada—metaphorically speaking. Zanskar, which uses AI to find hidden geothermal resources deep underground, says that it has identified a new commercially viable site for a potential power plant. The discovery, the company claims, is…
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Urgent Care Is Rewriting Healthcare’s Rules
My mentor Clayton Christensen taught us that disruptors win by being cheaper. They enter at the bottom of the market with “good enough” alternatives that cost less, then gradually move upmarket, like Toyota’s economy cars eventually led to the Lexus. Yet urgent care is disrupting American…
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Prison officer admits performing oral sex on inmate
A prison officer will be sentenced next month after admitting having an “inappropriate” relationship with a prisoner and performing oral sex on them.
Rebecca Pinckard, of Red Houses, Six Mile Bottom, Suffolk was in a relationship with the inmate…
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Russia reportedly blocks Apple’s FaceTime. Here’s what we know
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Russia has blocked Apple’s FaceTime, the country’s communications watchdog reportedly said on Thursday, which comes as part of a clampdown on foreign…
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Estonia supports participation in International Claims Commission for Ukraine
The Estonian government approved a draft law on the country’s accession to the Convention on the Establishment of the International Claims Commission for Ukraine.
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated this on its website, according to Ukrinform.
“Russia…
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EU to fight drug trafficking with drones and cutting-edge technologies
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The European Commission has presented a legislative package aiming at fighting drug trafficking, a criminal business that is more and more affecting…
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CDC Vaccine Search Tool No Longer Works. Vaccines.gov Website Scrubbed
The Vaccine.gov website that’s been maintained by the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention to help people find places to get vaccinations no longer works. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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If you…
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