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$260 Million Opioid Settlement Reached at Last Minute With Big Drug Companies
CLEVELAND — The three major drug distributors and an opioid manufacturer have reached a settlement worth $260 million to avoid the landmark first federal opioid trial that was set to begin here Monday.
Settlement Is Reached as an Opioids Trial Was Set to Begin in Ohio
CLEVELAND — The three major drug distributors and an opioid manufacturer have reached a $260 million settlement with two Ohio counties to avoid the landmark first federal opioid trial that was set to begin here Monday.
What to Know About the Landmark Opioid Trial Starting Monday
CLEVELAND — Two decades after the onset of an opioid epidemic that led to the deaths of 400,000 Americans, the first landmark federal opioid trial is set to begin Monday, after furious, last-minute settlement talks between two powerful groups of plaintiffs and five drug industry defendants faltered.
Opioid Settlement Talks Teeter as Trial Looms
CLEVELAND — Despite a day of fervent negotiations between major drug industry corporations and the thousands of cities and counties suing them for their roles in the opioid epidemic, plaintiffs’ lawyers said that talks had stumbled but would continue.
Judge Summons Drug CEOs for Talks on Sweeping Opioid Settlement
CLEVELAND — A mayor of a small West Virginia city brought to its knees by opioids and representatives of large cities and counties left reeling by the epidemic are gathering in federal court here Friday to sit side by side with chief executives from the country’s largest drug distributors. Along with four state attorneys general, they were summoned by Judge Dan A. Polster, who is trying to wrest a far-reaching, last-minute agreement to resolve thousands of lawsuits before the start of the fir...
Drug Giants Pursuing $50 Billion Settlement of Opioid Cases
CLEVELAND — As a critical trial deadline bears down, lawyers for states and the three largest drug distributors in the country, along with two manufacturers, have agreed on a framework for a deal to resolve thousands of opioid cases with a settlement worth nearly $50 billion in cash and addiction treatments.
Drug Giants Seeking Settlement of Opioid Cases for $50 Billion
CLEVELAND — The nation’s three largest drug distributors and two manufacturers have agreed with multiple states on a framework to resolve thousands of opioid cases with a settlement worth nearly $50 billion in cash and addiction treatments, according to three people familiar with the negotiations.
How Anti-Vax Sentiment Took Hold in the United States
The question is often whispered, the questioners sheepish. But increasingly, parents at the New York playground where Dr. Elizabeth A. Comen takes her young children have been asking her: “Do you vaccinate your kids?”
Purdue Says Sacklers May Walk From Opioid Deal if Judge Does Not Block Cases
Members of the Sackler family could withdraw their pledge to pay $3 billion as part of a nationwide deal to address the opioid crisis if a bankruptcy judge does not block outstanding state lawsuits against them and their company, Purdue Pharma, Purdue lawyers said in a legal complaint.
States Clash with Cities Over Potential Opioids Settlement Payouts
Over the past 18 months, progress toward a settlement in the massive federal opioid litigation has stalled, even as the costs of the crisis continue to mount.
One More Time, With Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn't Cause Autism
At a time when measles outbreaks are mounting among clusters of unvaccinated children, notably in Washington state, New York and Texas, a new large study published this week found no association between the measles vaccine and autism — a reason often given by parents for rejecting inoculation.Teenagers Can't Stop Vaping Nicotine. Experts Struggle to Help.
A Harvard addiction medicine specialist is getting calls from distraught parents around the country. A Stanford psychologist is getting calls from rattled school officials around the world. A federal agency has ordered a public hearing on the issue.
How to Help Teenagers Quit Vaping
Vaping is surging among American adolescents. According to one national survey, 3.6 million middle and high school students used e-cigarettes in 2018. Another found that the rise in vaping from 2017 to 2018 was the sharpest for any substance the researchers had investigated in the project’s 44-year history.Addicted to Vaped Nicotine, Teenagers Have No Clear Path to Quitting
A Harvard addiction medicine specialist is getting calls from distraught parents around the country. A Stanford psychologist is getting calls from rattled school officials around the world. A federal agency has ordered a public hearing on the issue.Addicted to Vaped Nicotine, Teenagers Have No Clear Path to Quitting
Alarmed by the addictive nature of nicotine in e-cigarettes and its impact on the developing brain, public health experts are struggling to address a surging new problem: how to help teenagers quit vaping.Study Shows Big Rise in Teen Vaping This Year
A steep rise in nicotine vaping over the past year, accompanied by widespread minimizing of its potential harm, dominated the findings of a closely watched annual survey of American teenagers, released Monday.
What would giving health care to unauthorized immigrants mean?
President Donald Trump was gleeful, predicting that the response would prove politically toxic for his opponents.
Pillsbury flour cases are recalled over salmonella trace
The Food and Drug Administration posted a notice on its Twitter and Facebook accounts Monday.
One more time, with big data: Measles vaccine doesn't cause autism
The new research confirms what has long been widely accepted in the scientific community.
Opioid lawsuits are headed to trial, and the stakes are high
Just over a year ago, opioid lawsuits against makers and distributors of the painkillers were proliferating so rapidly that a judicial panel put all the federal cases under the stewardship of a single judge.
