Lawyers for some state and local governments say the deal being offered by companies in a sweeping national settlement over the toll of opioids isn’t enough By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press February 22, 2020, 1:17 PM 3 min read State attorneys general are finding a national settlement over the toll of opioids to be elusive, […]
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Image caption Video footage shows Mr Eljamel operating in the Libyan city of Misrata A top surgeon who harmed patients in Scotland for years and can no longer work in the UK is operating again. The BBC has discovered that Sam Eljamel, who was suspended following internal and external reviews in 2013, is working as
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TOKYO — You might have heard that the fear of a new virus from China is spreading faster than the actual virus. From earnest officials trying to calm a building panic. From your spouse. From the know-it-all who rattles off the many much more likely ways you’re going to die: smoking, car accidents, the flu.
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Image caption Pet scans – usually used to diagnose cancer – could help identify forms of dementia A cancer scanner could be used to identify some of the earliest and most difficult to diagnose forms of dementia, scientists have said. Doctors at University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff said its PET scanner could show
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Missouri may have shed its unwanted image as the meth lab capital of the U.S., but a top DEA official says the drug remains a major problem By JIM SALTER Associated Press February 21, 2020, 9:31 PM 3 min read ST. LOUIS — Missouri may have shed its unwanted image as the meth lab capital
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some have accused media outlets of using female medical workers as a “propaganda tool” A video featuring a pregnant nurse treating patients in a hospital in the virus epicentre of Wuhan has sparked a backlash across China. The video by state media outlet CCTV was meant to portray nine-month
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U.S. regulators have approved a new type of cholesterol-lowering drug aimed at millions of people who don’t get enough help from widely used statin pills like Lipitor and Crestor By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer February 21, 2020, 9:41 PM 4 min read TRENTON, N.J. — U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new type
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The plane set off from Haneda Airport, Tokyo, late on Friday evening (GMT) A plane carrying Britons who had been trapped on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan is on its way to the UK, the Foreign Office has said. Some 78 Britons were on the Diamond Princess cruise liner
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We all experience momentary bursts of anger every now and then. We get hangry after back-to-back-to-back meetings at work. We grow frustrated when a certain Cheeto-hued White House resident goes on yet another Twitter tirade. For the most part, though, these relatively minor annoyances are easy to deal with: You feed yourself or sign off
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In South Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outside China. But it’s not the numbers that are worrying experts: It’s that increasingly they can’t trace where the clusters started. World Health Organization officials said China’s crackdown on parts of the country bought
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