Elevance Health has named Kofi Essel, MD, as its new food as medicine program director, a company spokesperson told Becker's June 23.
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Clover Health has reached settlement agreements in seven derivative lawsuits, resolving all remaining civil litigation that accused the company of misleading investors and committing securities fraud preceding its initial public offering in 2021.