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For opposing deficits, the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan increases premiums and earnings thresholds for coverage come on January 1st. “While this restructuring will maintain access to an excellent health plan for the majority of our participants, the changes will be disruptive for some,” the plan said in a letter to participants …

Antonio DeShawn Daniels, also known as “Freckleface Shawn,” was arrested on July 27 after federal authorities conducted searches at multiple locations in Atlanta, where he was known to distribute drugs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of North District of Georgia. In total, authorities said they seized 170 kilograms of …

Santa Barbara County Public Health officials on Tuesday unveiled widespread COVID-19 testing and long-term disease control efforts at health care facilities. The province reported 78 new cases of COVID-19 and one new known virus-related death. There have been 7,074 total confirmed cases of coronavirus and 73 deaths, according to Public …

Shares of Novavax Inc. NVAX, + 5.66% rally took 2.8% in premier trading Thursday after the biotechnology company said it had concluded a development and supply agreement with South Korea-based SK Group subsidiary SK Bioscience for the antigen component of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373. The companies have also signed …

Kaiser Permanente in California and Oregon, including locations in Santa Clara and Sacramento counties, participated in a worldwide trial of one of the first coronavirus vaccines to begin large-scale testing in humans, the health care provider announced Wednesday. The Phase 3 trial, the final step before federal approval, is the …