Editor’s Note: This was another busy year, from Amazon making bold moves, to a judge deciding the fate of the Affordable Care Act, to vertical mergers between insurers and PBMs and both CMS and insurers touting the advantages of Medicare Advantage plans. As we usher in the New Year, here’s a look back at 2018’s… Read More »
Happy Datta Jayanti 2018 (Photo credits: File Image) Datta Jayanti 2018 is being celebrated on December 22 this year. The day is a very auspicious one for the Hindus as it marks the birth of Lord Dattatreya. Lord Dattatreya is an incarnation of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Mahesh, a holy trinity. Observing a… Read More »
The holiday season is a wonderful mix of sights and sounds, family and gift-giving, celebration and thanksgiving. It seems the season gets bigger, noisier and more hectic with each passing year. In fact, in addition to the increased volume of traffic, crowd noise and music during the holidays, some of the toys on the market… Read More »
Saturday, December 1, marks the 30th annual World AIDS Day (WAD). First observed in 1988 by what is now called the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the day is a time for the world to come together in solidarity in the fight against the epidemic, to show support for those living with the… Read More »
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 The holidays…decorations, family, friends, cheer, and relaxation as we near the end of the year. Oh, and probably feeling a bit sluggish from high sugar/alcohol intake, stress, lack of exercise and subsequent weight gain. What if we embraced all that’s great about the holidays and just left the rest. Wouldn’t it… Read More »
Pictured here is the measles virus, paramyxoviridae from the Morbillivirus family. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)Getty This is what happens when you tell people to not get the measles vaccine without providing a viable alternative. In just the first 6 months of 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region had over 41,000 measles cases,… Read More »