An accidental email, Covid confusion, & how Novo fell behind

Good morning. The best part about having a library card is that even when you have three overdue books, you can still request new ones with no penalty. (I’ll return them soon, I swear!) Today, I requested “Forgetting Elena,” the 1973 debut novel of Edmund White, who died earlier this week. 

UnitedHealth accidentally sent STAT a confidential prep doc

An internal document drafted in advance of UnitedHealth Group’s shareholder meeting this week reveals how the company’s leadership — facing an extraordinary series of financial and legal challenges — sought to downplay complaints about its business practices and assure jittery investors that it will soon return to maximum profitability.

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