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Today's Globe: Evercare review, salmonella, texting

Posted by Elizabeth Cooney July 31, 2008 06:36 AM

The state Division of Insurance is investigating sales of Evercare private Medicare plans that have sparked complaints from Massachusetts seniors about sales representatives using misleading and abusive marketing.

The outbreak of salmonella poisoning that made more than 1,300 people ill across the country and cost American tomato growers more than $300 million has been traced to peppers grown on a farm in Mexico, federal officials said yesterday.

In an alert issued this week, the American College of Emergency Physicians warns of serious accidents involving oblivious texters, citing rising reports from doctors around the country of injuries involving text-messaging pedestrians, bicyclists, Rollerbladers, even motorists.

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Elizabeth Cooney covers health for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. She previously reported on business and was an editor at the paper. Earlier in her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.

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