Johnson & Johnson, one of the pharmaceutical giants accused of fueling the deadly US opioid crisis, has reached a settlement with the state of New York for $230 million and confirmed it will stop making or selling opioids ...
Jun 26, 2021
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Fiji health chiefs have admitted for the first time that COVID-19 transmission is widespread in the community after the Pacific nation recorded more than 300 new daily cases.
Jun 25, 2021
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Research published by the Medical Research Council in 2009 found that 300-400 fire-related deaths are reported annually in South Africa's Western Cape province. This study also found that of South Africa's metropolitan centers, ...
Sep 29, 2020
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Pharmaceutical giant Bayer announced Thursday it had agreed to pay $1.6 billion to settle nearly all claims filed in the United States over controversial birth control implant Essure.
Aug 20, 2020
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A COVID-19 outbreak in a refugee settlement will likely overwhelm the available healthcare capacity and infrastructure and spread through nearly the entire settlement population if left unchecked, according to a new study ...
Jun 16, 2020
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In early April, Professor of Nursing and Ph.D. Program Director David Vlahov, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, coauthored "Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 & Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements." Vlahov is also the founding ...
Apr 23, 2020
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Whether it came from a bat or a pangolin is not certain, but one thing is: the coronavirus outbreak that has killed tens of thousands and turned the world upside down comes from the animal world.
Apr 21, 2020
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A new curated library, activated today, provides a centralized toolkit for policymakers, patients and health care professionals working to address the nation's opioid epidemic.
Nov 20, 2019
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A New York judge on Wednesday scheduled what could be the second state-level trial in the U.S. on the toll of opioids.
Nov 7, 2019
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The nation's three biggest drug distributors and a major drugmaker agreed to a $260 million settlement Monday over the toll taken by opioids in two Ohio counties, averting the first federal trial over the crisis.
Oct 23, 2019
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