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Catch Of The Week: Change Healthcare Ransomware Part 2

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

After suffering a huge ransomware attack in February, Change Healthcare has been hit again, by yet another ransomware attack. Yikes!

The attacker this time is RansomHub, a fairly new player to the game, having just popped up a few months ago. On Monday they claimed to have stolen over 4 TB of data from Change Healthcare, and are threatening to sell it to the highest bidder if they don’t receive payment within 12 days.

According to an article by The Register:

“Change Healthcare and United Health you have one chance in protecting your clients data,” Read More

Syzygy & Friends Live In Concert To Benefit Friend April 13

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Heather McCulloch and Syzygy band member Michelangelo Lobato. Courtesy photo

Community News:

  • Benefit concert to raise money to help longtime resident Heather McCulloch with medical bills

The members of Syzygy, a Los Alamos band invite you to join them and guest performers including members of the band Heather and the Bad Breaks, the Atomic Follies Cabaret and other guest musicians for a night of music and dancing beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse Lodge. This event is open to all ages.

This performance is to raise money for Heather McCulloch, a longtime Los Alamos Read More

LAHS Staff Spotlight: NJROTC’s Chief Aron Ayers

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NJROTC Chief Aron Ayers

By Andy McBride
Student Reporter
Los Alamos Daily Post

We all know how small towns work in the South, where everybody knows everybody. You might get one or two people to come around to that old run-down family-owned store and buy some sweet tea that only your grandma knows how to make. Well, a small town you might consider heading down to  is Grenada, Miss., – the original home of Chief Aron Ayers – well known at Los Alamos High School (LAHS) as an instructor of the Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) program. His is an inspiring story.

­“It was a peaceful town where Read More

Canes & Canines Support Group To Meet April 10

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Canes & Canines News:

The Canes & Canines Visually Impaired Support Group is scheduled to meet 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center, 1101 Bathtub Row.

The topic for this meeting is “It’s all about those Apps” and the meeting is open to all who are interested in attending.

For more information, contact Janet Montoya at 505.672.9626. Read More

New Mexico Environment Department Enforcement Watch Alert: 298 Enforcement Actions Initiated, 112 Resolved In March 2024

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NMED News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) released updates for the month of March 2024 on the Enforcement Watch.

The Enforcement Watch is a listing of all active and resolved enforcement cases. Active cases involve an alleged violation of a regulation, rule, permit, license, etc. Resolved cases are those that were adjudicated in court of law or administratively resolved.

The Enforcement Watch also provides tools for the public to report alleged environmental or workplace safety violations.

In the month of March, 298 new entries were added to the Active Matters listing Read More

Heinrich, Casey Introduce Legislation To Make More Infant Formula In America, Help Prevent Future Shortages

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) introduced the Infant Formula Made in America Act, which creates a new tax credit program to support new or expanding small American infant formula producers.

More than two years after a massive infant formula recall impacted families across the nation, Heinrich and Casey are taking action to increase domestic formula production so that parents are Read More

Heinrich, Graham, DeLauro Urge USDA To Include Vital Malnutrition Treatments In International Food Aid Program

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Congressional News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Thursday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure nutritional needs are met for those suffering from the most severe forms of hunger by including Ready-To-Use-Therapeutic Foods (RUTF), a proven treatment for malnutrition, in its international food assistance program.

Currently, RUTFs do not qualify as an eligible commodity for purchase and donation in the international Read More

New Mexico Environment Department Sampling Finds Camino Real Regional Utility Authority Exceeds Arsenic Drinking Water Standard

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NMED News:

DOÑA ANA COUNTY — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Drinking Water Bureau (DWB), on March 15, 2024, conducted unannounced arsenic sampling at the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in Doña Ana County.

While CRRUA has been ordered to comply with drinking water regulations, the Department is also taking independent action including conducting unannounced sampling to assure the health and safety of residents.

March 26, 2024, NMED DWB received the results from the laboratory. Of the 10 drinking water samples collected and analyzed, nine of the ten samples Read More

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Expand Capacity For Abortion Services In New Mexico

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Senate colleagues to introduce the Abortion Care Capacity Enhancement and Support Services (ACCESS) Act.

This legislation would establish a federal grant program for health care organizations to expand their capacity to provide abortion services and additional reproductive care in New Mexico and other states where it remains legal.

Following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, nearly half of all U.S. states have adopted or attempted Read More

Heinrich, Luján Urge Senate Leadership To Act Immediately To Lower Prescription Drug Costs

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SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter to Senate leadership, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) urged Senate leadership for immediate action on reforming pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in an effort to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.

“Immediate action is needed to address these harmful practices by PBMs. Americans deserve and expect protection from inflated prescription drug costs, forced pharmacy closures, formulary manipulation, and barriers to their pharmacy of choice that result from harmful PBM tactics. We cannot sit idly by while patients Read More