CarolinaEast struck a short-term pact with UnitedHealthcare to remain in-network through Dec. 31; Blue Cross Medicare Advantage members face out-of-network hospital coverage starting Wednesday.

Garrett County confirmed a raccoon tested positive for rabies after a June 21 encounter in Swanton; the exposed dog got a booster and will be observed for 45 days.

Oregon Health Plan has launched Fruit & Vegetable and Pantry Stocking benefits that will deliver grocery boxes or preloaded grocery cards to eligible members for up to six months.

Multnomah County's inspections handed out several perfect 100s and flagged a hand‑washing lapse at Bamboo Sushi that dropped it into the 80s.

ADHS announced a voluntary recall of a batch of Dr. Zodiak’s Moonrock Snowballz after a Scottsdale lab misreported fungus test results. No illnesses have been reported and stores have quarantined the product.

A $2.75M settlement resolves allegations that Bear Mountain knowingly understaffed homes. Timberlyn Heights gets $1M and three years of independent monitoring.

Tonkawa officials say E. coli was detected in the municipal water supply and have ordered a boil-water advisory while DEQ and city crews test and respond.

OneBlood says it needs 50 rare O‑negative units before surgeons can give 18‑year‑old Gigi a potentially curative bone marrow transplant.

The family of Penn Hills officer Ryan Kingerski has sued LASIK Plus, alleging the chain failed to warn him of risks and alternatives before surgery that preceded his death.

Two Alaska-bound cruises reported norovirus outbreaks in late June, sickening 145 people and prompting shipwide deep-cleaning and isolation measures.

Sacramento‑Yolo Mosquito ↑ Vector Control will release non‑biting, Wolbachia‑carrying male mosquitoes across roughly 120 acres in Rosemont this July–October to suppress Aedes aegypti.

A boil water notice covers a small Koreatown area while LADWP tests for possible contamination. Residents should use boiled or bottled water for drinking and cooking.

Exchanges have dropped from a 2021 high to under half a million in 2024 as staff pivot to naloxone, wound care and safer-smoking kits.