Health
Michigan settles lawsuit over hepatitis C treatment access
The state of Michigan has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over a policy that restricts certain hepatitis C treatments in the Medicaid program.
Mar 14, 2018
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Health
California sues e-cigarette maker Juul over ads and sales
California is suing the nation's biggest e-cigarette maker, alleging Juul Labs deliberately targeted teenagers with its early marketing campaigns.
Nov 18, 2019
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Medications
Pfizer agrees to note addiction risks in opioid marketing
The city of Chicago and Pfizer announced an agreement Wednesday committing the drugmaker to disclosing the serious risks of addiction in its marketing of prescription opioid painkillers.
Jul 6, 2016
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Medications
MLB sues Fla. clinic over banned player drugs
(AP)—Major League Baseball is suing a now-shuttered South Florida clinic and its operators, accusing it of providing banned performance-enhancing drugs to players.
Mar 22, 2013
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Medications
Testimony set to begin in pregnancy drug case
(AP)—Testimony is set to begin in a federal lawsuit brought by four sisters who believe their breast cancer was caused by a drug their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s.
Jan 8, 2013
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Addiction
The painful legacy of 'law and order' treatment of addiction in jail
Megan Dunn, who has struggled with addiction since her teens, points to the moment her life went "deeply downhill."
Jul 24, 2023
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Health
Some patients won't see nurses of different race
It's been called one of medicine's "open secrets"—allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race.
Feb 22, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Couples win lawsuit over donated eggs with genetic defect
Two couples that gave birth to children with a genetic defect later traced to donated eggs have won a lawsuit against a New York fertility doctor and his clinic.
Dec 14, 2017
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Health
Feds seek end of religious birth control lawsuit
The federal government has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta and other religious institutions seeking to overturn a provision in the federal health care law that requires ...
Dec 11, 2012
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Health
Malpractice concerns affect derm-path interpretive behavior
(HealthDay)—Many dermatopathologists believe that malpractice concerns may lead to additional testing in their evaluation of cutaneous melanocytic lesions, according to research published in the February issue of the Journal ...
Feb 1, 2016
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