Authorization

SAG-AFTRA may officially join the WGA on the picket lines. Last night, the SAG-AFTRA National Board unanimously agreed to recommend that its members vote to authorize a strike.  The decision comes ahead of the guild’s TV and…

UnitedHealthcare implements controversial prior authorization policy for surveillance and diagnostic ... colonoscopies.getty On June 1st, UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer by membership, will implement a prior…

With COVID-19 a fading worry and no longer a national or state emergency, the Food and Drug Administration made significant changes Tuesday in its vaccine authorization, eliminating the original formula, shifting to mostly a single dose of…

Leaders of the Writers Guild of America secured a strong showing of support from its members on Monday, moving the union closer to a possible work stoppage that would disrupt Hollywood production and ripple across Southern California’s…

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky to repeal the 2001…

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest.As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist in Los Angeles recommended the…

Pilots talk as they look at the tail of an American Airlines aircraft.Mike Stone | ReutersThe American Airlines pilots union, the Allied Pilots Association, plans to vote in April on whether to allow members to call a strike as talks for a…

Washington: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday announced the expansion of premium processing of work authorization for certain categories of international students. The move is likely to benefit a lot of Indian…

The Food and Drug Administration has approved an at-home test that can detect and discern between COVID-19 infection and two strains of the flu, Influenza A and B, continuing the shift from clinical to home-diagnostic care that…

Evusheld, the preventative monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, has lost its emergency use authorization in the U.S. as it is most likely not effective against the strains of the coronavirus currently circulating. The…