Over 70 students complete Columbia VA’s summer program
The eight week “Summer Student Program” exposes the high school and undergraduate level students to a wide range of services and job opportunities within the healthcare system.
Medicine
Uber partners with health care providers to get patients to their appointments
Popular ride-sharing app, Uber, is teaming up with health care providers to ensure patients get to their appointments – on the providers’ dime.
Children’s cough syrup recall: What parents should know
(ABC News) — Two types of children’s cough syrup are being recalled after dosing cups with incorrect markings were included in the packaging, prompting concerns that children could become sick after an accidental overdose. The Perrigo Company is voluntarily recalling two batches of its children’s guaifenesin grape liquid (100mg/5 mL) and three batches of its children’s guaifenesin DM cherry liquid (100mg…
CEO Who Hiked Price of Drug Arrested After Securities Probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is in custody following a securities probe. Calls to an attorney who has represented Shkreli in the past were not immediately returned. The Brooklyn man’s arrest was confirmed Thursday by FBI spokeswoman Kelly…
