Big push for paramedic background checks

In New Jersey, EMTs and people applying to become emergency responders are not required to undergo criminal background checks — the only emergency health professional that escapes this kind of scrutiny. “We do these checks of police and firefighters. We shouldn’t put people in positions of incredible trust without some sort of check on that,”…

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Lance Armstrong facing drug testing woes

“If I thought for one moment that by participating in USADA’s process, I could confront these allegations in a fair setting and — once and for all — put these charges to rest, I would jump at the chance,” Armstrong said in a lengthy prepared statement Thursday evening. “But I refuse to participate in a process that…

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