Most children in Beijing will not return to school next week as originally planned, Chinese officials said on Saturday, after an emerging COVID-19 outbreak prompted authorities to partly reverse a decision to resume in-person ...
Jun 11, 2022
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A federal judge has ruled that state and local governments cannot publicize federal government data about where prescription opioids were distributed—a blow to news organizations seeking to report more deeply on the nation's ...
Jul 27, 2018
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New research is shedding light on global disparities in mortality rates from late-stage liver disease, also called cirrhosis. The study, published May 22 in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, revealed that the risk ...
May 24, 2023
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The roughly 2,000 state and local governments suing the drug industry over the deadly opioid crisis have yet to see any verdicts or reach any big national settlements but are already tussling with each other over how to divide ...
Jul 29, 2019
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At least 30 of 41 members of a gospel choir in northeastern Spain have contracted coronavirus following a rehearsal indoors with little air circulation, local authorities and the chorus say.
Sep 24, 2020
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Four pharmaceutical companies have said they received enough support from US states to move to the next stage of a $26 billion settlement over thousands of legal claims related to the opioid epidemic.
Sep 5, 2021
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This year, about $1.5 billion has landed in state and local government coffers from court settlements made with more than a dozen companies that manufactured, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were sued for ...
Dec 30, 2023
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An offer from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family to settle some 2,000 lawsuits over their contribution to the national opioid crisis is receiving growing pushback from state and local officials who say the ...
Aug 31, 2019
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Public health analysts expressed doubt Monday (April 25) that eradicating malaria is an attainable goal, saying the difficulty of doing so may put that out of reach despite the global effort now under way.
Apr 27, 2011
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An attempt to block California's flavored tobacco ban was stopped Monday when the Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
Dec 13, 2022
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