Volunteers help clean up bay watershed in Charlottesville (Richmond Times-Dispatch) More than 50 volunteers filled dozens of garbage bags with debris from three streams on Saturday as part of a statewide effort to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The volunteers spent the morning collecting trash from waterways in McIntire Park, Jordan Park and a piece of parkland off Fifth Street. The effort was part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation?s 21st annual Clean the Bay Day, ...
CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS (The Post-Standard) Q. Can an HMO or other type of health insurer bill patients for the balances that exceed the amount allowed by the health plan? A. Here's how the state Insurance Department recently answered this question on its Web site:
Increase Global Productivity By Giving Eyeglasses To All In Need (Medical News Today) Huge economic gains could be made if eyeglasses were provided to approximately 150 million people in need, according to research published today in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Researchers estimate that the global productivity loss due to uncorrected visual impairment in people aged 16 to 50 years is $121.4 billion.