Mobile carriers are starting to decommission their 3G cellular networks this year, some as soon as next month. Pennsylvania officials are reminding people with older-model cell phones to prepare for how this might affect service. Decommissioning older networks helps free up infrastructure to support more advanced services, like 5G, but it may result in some phones being unable to make calls or send text messages. .
The recent deaths of a family of seven have renewed bipartisan attempts to keep homes safe from carbon monoxide. One North Dakota fire chief welcomes federal efforts from both sides of the aisle in creating awareness. In December, the victims were found in a home near the North Dakota/Minnesota border, with carbon-monoxide poisoning suspected. .
CU Cancer Center member Marcelo Perraillon, Ph.D., found a 16% jump in screening rates for males at high risk for the disease after gaining Medicare coverage.
passed in 2019 that created the stateâs prescription drug importation program with Canada by allowing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) to purchase drugs from other countries. It s just outrageous in this day and age Americans, including Coloradans, are playing five times as much, eight times as much, 10 times as much, for the exact same pill made in the exact same factory as people in other countries, Polis said.
The governor said the bill will help Coloradans save up to 75% on some prescription drugs.
The bill had bipartisan support, being sponsored by Sens. Joann Ginal, D-Fort Collins, Don Coram, R-Montrose, and Reps. Karen McCormick, D-Longmont, and Mike Lynch, R-Wellington.
Published Tuesday, April 27, 2021
by Robert Davis | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) - Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill on Monday that supporters say will increase access and decrease the cost of prescription medications.
passed in 2019 that created the state s prescription drug importation program with Canada by allowing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) to purchase drugs from other countries. It s just outrageous in this day and age Americans, including Coloradans, are playing five times as much, eight times as much, 10 times as much, for the exact same pill made in the exact same factory as people in other countries, Polis said.