Tag: health

North Carolina justices rule for restaurants in COVID-19 claims but against a clothing chain

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's Supreme Court issued mixed rulings Friday for businesses seeking financial help from the COVID-19 pandemic, declaring one insurer's...

Owner of thermometer factory gets probation for exposing workers to mercury

WEST BABYLON, N.Y. -- The owner of a New York thermometer factory was sentenced Friday to three years of probation for failing to...

UnitedHealthcare CEO killed tried to improve 'patchwork' system, exec says

NEW YORK -- The leader of UnitedHealth Group conceded that the patchwork U.S. health system “does not work as well as it should”...

Florida woman charged with threatening health insurance company with 'delay, deny, depose'

LAKELAND, Fla. -- A Florida woman has been charged with threatening her health insurance provider during a phone conversation after police say she...

McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650 million to settle federal probe over opioids work

WASHINGTON -- McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work for opioids...

Back trouble and brain fog bothered suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, his posts show

After Luigi Mangione made the difficult decision to undergo spinal surgery last year for chronic back pain, he became a proponent of the...