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Wednesday’s tentative $12 billion settlement by some state, local and tribal governments with Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, and the company’s owners could shape efforts to reach a global settlement with other manufacturers, drug distributors and retailers in lawsuits consolidated before a federal judge in Cleveland. The lawsuits aim to find help for communities […]

Image copyright Getty Images Cancer survival in the UK is on the up, but is still lagging behind other high-income countries, analysis suggests. Five-year survival rates for rectal and colon cancer improved the most since 1995, and pancreatic cancer the least. Advances in treatment and surgery are thought to be behind the UK’s progress. But

Queer. Black. Woman. Nonbinary. Masculine. Feminine. Those are all parts of myself that I’ve embodied throughout my life but could never fully grasp at once. Most of the time, they felt like pieces that I should pick up, put down, shift, express or hide in order to show up as a version of myself that

The Latest on a tentative settlement between governments and OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma (all times local): ——— 5:05 p.m. State attorneys general are offering mixed opinions on a tentative opioid-crisis settlement reached between governments and OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family. Arizona Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich says that “this is the

Image copyright Daily Record Image caption SNP MP Marion Fellows with granddaughter Saoirse, who was diagnosed when she was three weeks old Families have welcomed a deal which will make two “life-changing” cystic fibrosis drugs available to eligible patients in Scotland. A five-year agreement has been reached between the Scottish government and pharmaceutical company Vertex

25 Books That Teach Kids To Care About The Environment | HuffPost Life Part of HuffPost Parenting. ©2019 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. As climate-related disasters continue to make headlines, parents today are understandably concerned with raising kids who care about the environment. There are many ways to teach children to take care of the

Courtroom showdowns still face OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the family that owns it, the Sacklers. But after a tentative settlement reached Wednesday with thousands of local governments and more than 20 states, the fight will be less about the damage done by the company and more over how to divide its assets. The agreement

Image copyright Alamy The NHS needs to be given a legal right to buy out “toxic” deals hospitals have agreed for new buildings, experts say. More than 100 schemes were signed off over the past 20 years in England under PFI contracts where private firms paid for new hospitals and centres. In return, NHS trusts

Quietly, discreetly, more and more reality shows have been showing stars regularly attending therapy. But unlike earlier iterations of therapy on TV, these sessions feel like a normal part of life, like going to meet your girlfriend for lunch at, say, SUR to work through your relationship drama. And with a recent American Psychological Association

Efforts to ban flavored e-cigarettes and reduce their appeal to youngsters have sputtered under industry pressure in over a half-dozen states this year even as one state, Michigan, moves ahead with its own restrictions and President Donald Trump promises federal ones. In many cases, the fight by the industry and its lobbyists has focused on