Perfume in The God of Small Things

Perfume in The God of Small Things

The God of Small Things opens with someone dabbing a dead body with 4711, a classic cologne popular because of its affordability and high quality. Fragrance nerds will be familiar with its zesty freshness, but not everyone knows about it. Slowly we learn that the setting is 1960’s Kerala, a southern province in India, in a small town where most […]

Ryan Reynolds Hops Aboard the Bode Bus

Ryan Reynolds Hops Aboard the Bode Bus

Ryan Reynolds, patron saint of nice, normal outfits, really thrives in the daytime. Don’t get us wrong: the man looks good in a suit, as many superhero movie-fronting actors do—but there’s something about the way he makes regular ol’ shirts and pants look like put-together pieces you’d want to wear, too. But even maestros of simplicity need to update their […]

Health insurance broker GoHealth lays off 20% of employees

Health insurance broker GoHealth lays off 20% of employees

Health insurance brokerage GoHealth has laid off 20% of its workforce, the company notified employees in a public letter Tuesday.  Approximately 800 agents and support workers lost their jobs, the company said. GoHealth employed roughly 4,000 people as of June 6, according to a news release. The layoffs come as digital health funding shrinks from the highs of 2021, leading to job […]

All the Joyous, Colorful, and Refreshing New Street Style Pics From Copenhagen

All the Joyous, Colorful, and Refreshing New Street Style Pics From Copenhagen

A new era of street style has arrived. Copenhagen Fashion Week has long had the best-dressed attendees, but something special was in the air in the Danish capital this season. Perhaps it was the fantastic August weather with nary a raindrop in sight, the highly-anticipated return of a full-swing summer travel season, or the electric energy of young, up-and-coming Scandi designers. One thing’s […]

Saving hearts and lives: A behind-the-scenes look at the heart transplant process

Saving hearts and lives: A behind-the-scenes look at the heart transplant process

When the transplant team at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas gets the call about a possible donor heart, many processes and people start moving—quickly. And if multiple calls happen back-to-back, that’s where the team really springs into action. The heart transplant team has an unwavering focus on giving hope to people living with heart failure. Heart failure—where the heart […]

Review: Ransomware Investigation Platform Fortifies Defenses in Depth

Review: Ransomware Investigation Platform Fortifies Defenses in Depth

Ransomware is one of the most dangerous cyberthreats operating today. Many organizations are specifically targeted, either because criminals assume they can ask for a lot of money or because of a higher possibility for payment. Among those targeted groups, healthcare organizations are near the top of the list. Companies such as Rubrik are pioneering defenses against ransomware. A combination of […]

Another State Invests Millions Into Aging-In-Place Program CAPABLE

Another State Invests Millions Into Aging-In-Place Program CAPABLE

This month, the Colorado Visiting Nurse Association (Colorado VNA) received a $2.3 million grant from the state to expand its CAPABLE program and to provide care for more Medicaid members. CAPABLE is an interdisciplinary program from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing that combines nursing care, occupational therapy and handyman services. It stands for “Community Aging in Place — Advancing […]

Warren launches investigation into state abortion bans

Warren launches investigation into state abortion bans

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has launched an investigation into how state abortion bans have affected women’s access to health care for pregnancies, reproductive and non-reproductive care. In her announcement, Warren said her investigation was spurred by reports of “shocking stories from women in states that have enacted radical abortion bans and criminalized health care.” Warren, who sits on the Senate […]

10 things providers should know about monkeypox – MedCity News

10 things providers should know about monkeypox – MedCity News

Last week, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared a public health emergency for the nation’s monkeypox outbreak. Many healthcare professionals felt this as an unwelcome deja vu. “I’ll be honest, I am concerned,” Soumi Saha, senior vice president of government affairs at Premier, said in an interview. “Knowing what we knew about monkeypox and having the […]