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Jury rules against pharmacy chains in big US opioid case
An Ohio jury decided Tuesday that pharmacies owned by Walmart, Walgreens and CVS bear responsibility for the opioid crisis in two counties in the US state.
Nov 24, 2021
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News tagged with supreme court
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Experts examine the abortion rights landscape a year after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
It's been almost a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, dismantling the constitutional right to abortion more than 50 years after the case was decided.
Jun 21, 2023
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Health
US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama health care
The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to take up the case of President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform, which has come under fire from rival Republicans, in a move which could weigh on next year's elections.
Nov 14, 2011
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Health
Catholic hospitals do not provide the same reproductive health options as other hospitals, including birth control
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, access to birth control has taken on new urgency. By moving the decision about abortion access to states, the fall of Roe v. Wade means ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Supreme court allows legal challenges to Texas abortion law, but doesn't overturn it
(HealthDay)—Abortion providers in Texas can sue state officials in federal court over the state's new abortion law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, but it refused to block the law while such legal actions may be taken.
Dec 10, 2021
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Health
Canada appeals court upholds landmark tobacco ruling
Quebec's appeals court on Friday upheld a historic ruling ordering three tobacco firms to pay Can$15.5 billion (US$11.6 billion) to smokers in the Canadian province who claimed they were never warned about the health risks ...
Mar 2, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 cases surge, but not deaths, as pandemic enters third year
While the 4.2 million COVID-19 cases reported in the United States over the last week eclipsed earlier pandemic records, deaths from the disease remained far lower than at the same time last year—a testament to the power ...
Jan 10, 2022
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Medical economics
Suicides less common in states that passed Medicaid expansion
Although there have been steady increases over the past 20 years in the number of people nationwide who die by suicide, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that such increases have ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Limits on early abortion drive more women to get them later
Christina Taylor already had two kids when she became pregnant with her third. Everything was going well at the start and she was looking forward to welcoming a new baby into the family.
Jun 2, 2022
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Vaccination
Newspapers challenge anonymity in vaccine mandate lawsuit
A group of newspapers has intervened in a lawsuit over vaccine mandates with a goal of challenging the plaintiffs' anonymity.
Dec 31, 2021
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