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Two Ohio counties have been named as plaintiffs in a test trial over whether pharmacies should be held liable for the U.S. opioid crisisBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated PressApril 30, 2020, 6:26 PM2 min read A judge has added claims from two Ohio counties against pharmacies to the growing list of…

A decade ago Melinda and Bill Gates and Warren Buffett launched “The Giving Pledge.” Since then, more than 200 billionaires have agreed to give away the majority of their wealth. Photo Illustration by Gluekit; Source images by Getty 3 "The man who dies rich dies disgraced."Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of…

Say you’ve been home alone, have no contact with others for weeks, and are called back into your office, where you promptly fall ill, having been infected by coronavirus. Now your life and livelihood are on the line. What do you do?Normally, you might sue and recover damages for lost…

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Tucker Carlson spent the first 15 minutes of his show last night decrying the loss of so much of our manufacturing base to China.  That concern has spread from the already devastated Rust Belt to the coastal habitats of the elites now that the pandemic has exposed our reliance for survival…

A company making abuse-deterrent opioids and that's barely listed in any nation-wide opioid litigation is becoming a rising star despite the prescription overdose crisis. Investing in opioid manufacturers is an endeavor few investors wish to partake in. Between 2011 and 2017, more than 40,000 Americans died each year due to…

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The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2020, The New York Times Company). It also appeared on page B3 of the April 14, 2020 print edition.OxyContin, and the aggressive, misleading way that Purdue Pharma marketed it, might have been even more damaging than was previously understood.Recent research shows how…

Subscribe to the FREE #1 Natural Health Newsletter Story at-a-glance - The WHO’s influenza pandemic plan, devised in 1999, was heavily influenced by the drug industry The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) questioned the WHO’s handling of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, saying its recommendation to stockpile antivirals and…

On Election Day in November, some polling places could be patrolled by off-duty police officers and veterans, according to a plan hatched by Republican operatives. The idea is a reprise of once-illegal Election Day “ballot security” intimidation tactics, intended to challenge voter registration and remove voters from the rolls. At…