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River Vale NJ, A New Jersey nurse today admitted her role in a multimillion-dollar compounding fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Jennifer Nash, 51, of River Vale, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez to an information charging her with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
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President Trump announced Sunday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for convalescent plasma for emergency use to treat patients sickened by the novel coronavirus as a therapeutic.
Trump, who has been looking to announce progress in fighting the virus, touted the news as a “historic breakthrough” against the “Chine virus” at a White House news conference on Sunday, saying it would “dramatically expand access to this treatment.Not resisting further temptation the President hoped the press had a great time at their convention.
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Hackensack NJ, As COVID-19 spreads across the country, there has been a dramatic drop in blood donations.
The nation’s blood supply requires a steady supply of donors who generously donate millions of units of blood and blood components each year. Every two seconds, a patient needs a blood transfusion, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“Making sure that blood donations continue is a critical part of ensuring our community health,” says Elliot Frank, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and medical director of quality and outcomes at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
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