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Sameday Technologies, a Los Angeles co-inspection company accused of fake results, has agreed to pay a settlement of $ 20 million. Dr. Jeff Toll, accused of partnering with the company, has agreed to pay approximately $ 4 million to resolve allegations of insurance fraud. Other covid news reports that some patients had relapsed covid symptoms after using Paxlovid, with fewer deaths from covid in unionized nursing homes.
Los Angeles Times: LA company forged COVID test results, officials say
A company accused of handing out fake results from hundreds of coronavirus tests will pay more than $ 20 million in a settlement announced by the City of Los Angeles Atty. Mike Fur. Feuerand Dist. Atty. George Gascon accuses Sameday Technologies and its CEO Felix Huttenbach of sending false results to hundreds of people, and coronavirus when the lab isn’t actually testing. Said that the test was negative. According to a complaint filed in court on Wednesday, some tests were not processed at all. (Alpert Reyes, 4/21)
In other news about the spread of covid —
The Boston Globe: Mysterious Phenomenon: Patients Report Rebound of COVID-19 Symptoms After Taking the Antiviral Drug Paxrovid
When it first hit the market in December, the COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid was welcomed as a game changer, an effective drug that keeps endangered people away from the hospital. But now, some patients are reporting anomalous and nervous phenomena on social media. Their COVID symptoms appear to be rebounding after taking the drug. And it’s not just their symptoms that relapse. Many report that after five days of treatment, they feel better, test negative at home, and then test positive again a few days later. (Lazar, 4/21)
Bay Area Newsgroup: San Mateo: Nearly 90 students test positive for COVID-19 after joining the prom
Nearly 90 San Mateo High School students tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the prom earlier this month, according to school officials. The school held a prom on April 9th at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. As of 11:00 am on Thursday, about 90 of the nearly 600 students attending the event tested positive for coronavirus infection, said Laura Chalkley, a spokesman for the San Mateo Union High School District. “The cases are mild or the students are asymptomatic, as reported to us,” Chalkley said. Chalkley said masks were highly recommended for the event, according to San Francisco’s current public health guidelines, but many students chose not to wear masks. (Green, 4/21)
The Washington Post: Metro School Reportes Number of Covid Cases After Spring Holidays
Schools in the DC area reported the number of cases of coronavirus after this week’s spring holidays, which was mostly low compared to previous returns from the holidays during the school year. Testing strategies vary by region. In some school districts, such as DC public schools, tests were needed to return after a break. Others sent the test kits home, but as in Montgomery County, instructed their families to report only positive results. Most Virginia schools did not take a compulsory test after the spring holidays. (Asbury and Stein, 4/21)
CIDRAP: AstraZeneca’s Evusheld reduces risk of symptomatic COVID-19 by up to 83%
AstraZeneca’s monoclonal antibody combination tixagevimab-cilgavimab (Evusheld) reduced the risk of symptomatic COVID-19 infection by 83% over placebo with a median follow-up of 6 months and was published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Discovered a 3-phase randomized clinical trial. .. (Van Beusekom, 4/21)
AP: Hawaii will end free COVID-19 test program as more cases
Hawaii’s coronavirus positive rate more than doubled last month as mask obligations have expired and demand for testing has diminished. Despite the rise, the state’s Ministry of Health suspended its free inspection program on Wednesday as federal funding ended. State-organized vaccination efforts will also move to a traditional medical environment, ending the mobile vaccine program to reach those who cannot leave their homes. (4/21)
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Modern Healthcare: Unified Nursing Homes Have Low COVID-19 Mortality, Research Results
Unioned nursing homes have a 10.8% lower resident COVID-19 mortality rate and a 6.8% lower worker COVID-19 infection rate, according to a survey released this week. increase. Using data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicare and Service Employees International Union, a health problem survey analyzed 13,350 nursing homes between June 8, 2020 and March 21, 2021. Lead author of the study, Faculty of Political Science, George Washington University. (Devereaux, 4/21)
San Francisco Chronicle: Can the spouse of an employee contracted with COVID sue the employer?Federal Court seeks weight from California Supreme Court
In the San Francisco case, the Federal Court of Appeals asked the California Supreme Court on Thursday whether the worker’s spouse with a COVID-19 contract could sue the worker’s employer. The proceedings were filed by Corey Kuciemba, an employee of Victory Woodworks, a furniture construction company in San Francisco, and her husband, Robert Kuciemba. After the city imposed COVID health restrictions on their workplaces in May 2020, the company brought workers from infected areas, ignored the restrictions and demanded that Robert Kushiemba work near them. Said. (Egelko, 4/21)
