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Should You Be Impressed By Virtus Health’s (ASX:VRT) Returns on Capital?
What trends should we look for it we want to identify stocks that can multiply in value over the long term? Firstly, we’ll want to see a proven return on capital employed (ROCE) that is increasing, and secondly, an expanding base of capital employed. If you see this, it typically means it’s a company with …
Mark Crow: Value-based care can address social determinants of health
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Mark Crow, of Shelburne, who is a director of the Vermont Business Roundtable and the president of Tenth Crow Creative, a strategic creative agency that works with companies focusing on improving the social determinants of health within their communities. We are all struggling through this pandemic but, unfortunately, some …
More than 650 new coronavirus cases reported today: Pa. Health Dept.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 654 new coronavirus cases on Sunday. This brings the statewide total positive cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 113,590. The total includes 110,416 confirmed cases and 3,174 probable cases. Along with the new cases, state health officials are reporting 5 new deaths, bringing the statewide number of …
Kamm’s Corners Farmers Market offering free produce vouchers to Buckeye Health Plan members today
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A resilient US job market in May and June fed investor hopes that a strong economic recovery could quickly power the country out of a crippling recession occurring amid a global health crisis. But, the jobs report for July, due this week, may serve as a reality check, raising pressure on Congress to push …
Don’t delay kids’ routine vaccinations, health experts warn
With flu season and a possible resurgence of COVID-19 on the horizon for the fall, health experts are warning parents across Long Island not to delay their children’s routine vaccinations. “There has been a real concern among pediatricians,” said Dr. Eve Meltzer Krief of Huntington Village Pediatrics. “There was a time we weren’t seeing children at …
A wealth manager and a mental health therapist are vying for Tulsa District 9 City Council seat | Local Government
City Council candidates’ greatest challenge is never their opponents. It’s voter apathy. People just don’t pay attention to the races, and they don’t turn out on Election Day. But that might not be a problem in this year’s District 9 election, set for Aug. 25. Councilor Ben Kimbro, who represented the district for four years, …
Austin Public Health reports more than 80 cases of cyclosporiasis this year
KXAN (AUSTIN) — Austin Public Health says it’s seeing an increase in reported cases of a gastrointestinal illness in Travis County. As of July 30, Austin Public Health says more than 80 cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in the county this year, and 42 of those cases came in over the past month, according …
Some Gyms Say They’re Allowed To Stay Open, But Health Dept Says “That’s Not True” – NBC Los Angeles
Many southern California gyms remain open in defiance of state and county orders to close. And the NBC4 I-Team has found some of those gyms are incorrectly telling customers they are exempt from closure orders. “That’s not true. We don’t have any exemptions like that as far as I know of, even in the state,” …
20200801 Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces One Hundred Seventy-Nine Deaths Related to COVID-19
8/1/2020 ~474,621 positive cases in Florida residents and 5,407 positive cases in non-Florida residents~ The Florida Department of Health (DOH), in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The DOH COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report …
Ukraine’s COVID-19 death toll could reach 4,000, health officials say
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stands in front of a social poster in central Kyiv, Ukraine July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo KYIV (Reuters) – Health officials in Ukraine, which has seen a spike in coronavirus cases this week, said on Saturday the …
