Pharmacies, Drug Companies Settle Lawsuits Over U.S. Opioid Crisis

Nov 22 (Reuters) - The sprawling, five-year-long litigation over the U.S. opioid crisis appears to be entering its final phase with finalized agreements by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and AbbVie Inc. There are tentative agreements by CVS Health Corp, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc and Walmart Inc to settle with state, local and tribal governments. Smaller…

ByFinance Capitol StaffNovember 24, 2022

Health

Dallas Doctor Accused of Tampering with Drugs, Killing a Person, and Sending 11 Others to the ER

Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz, an anesthesiologist from Dallas, has been accused of tampering with several bags of drugs in a Dallas surgical center. Ortiz was suspended by the Texas Medical Board and he now faces five charges of tampering with consumer products and five counts of adulteration of a drug. The Texas Medical Board called him…

ByFinance Capitol StaffOctober 12, 2022

Health

Dallas Launches Program To Prevent Domestic Violence

Dallas authorities have started a program that is rather unique. It consists of a group of so-called “violence interrupters” that approach young men and women in vulnerable situations to speak to them in a language that they can understand so they don’t end up using violence in their lives. The Dallas Morning News interviewed one…

ByFinance Capitol StaffOctober 12, 2022

Health

‘Understaffed And Overworked’: Thousands Ff Minnesota Nurses Go On Strike

Sept 12 (Reuters) - Some 15,000 nurses in Minnesota walked off the job on Monday to protest hospital understaffing that their union says has harmed patient care and exhausted health workers as they negotiate a new contract with hospital executives. The strike, slated to last three days and described by the Minnesota Nurses Association as…

ByReutersSeptember 13, 2022

Health

4 Days After The Overturn Of Roe vs. Wade Contraceptive Pills Have Disappeared From Supermarkets

Plan-B and other contraceptives are locked behind a security glass at stores after they were nearly all bought at pharmacies and supermarkets, according to The Dallas Morning News. After the ruling of the Supreme Court, last Friday that revoke the constitutional right to abortion some people ran to the nearest store to stock on contraceptive…

ByFinance Capitol StaffJune 29, 2022

Health

Texas Outdoor Workers Face Health Risks Due To Extreme Temperatures

Texas Outdoor Workers Face Health Risks Due To Extreme Temperatures Just as Summer hit the 109 degrees mark, outdoor workers are at risk of suffering faints, dehydration, exhaustion, and cramps caused by the heat, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have warned companies and workers of the…

ByFinance Capitol StaffJune 21, 2022

Health

U.S. Supreme Court Faults Medicare Cuts

By Andrew Chung June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a group of nonprofit hospitals in their bid to restore billions of dollars cut by the government from their annual Medicare reimbursements since 2018. The unanimous ruling overturned a lower court's 2020 decision that the U.S. Department of…

ByAndrew Chung, ReutersJune 15, 2022

Health

New York State to Drop Indoor Mask Mandate this Week

Feb 8 (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to end her state's mask mandate for most indoor public places on Wednesday, The New York Times reported, joining several states lifting face-covering rules in the weeks ahead as the latest COVID-19 surge loosens its grip. The Democratic governor intends to let the mask mandate,…

ByReutersFebruary 9, 2022

Business Health

Pfizer’s COVID Product Sales to Top $50 bln This Year, Investors Want More

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it expects 2022 sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral pill to top $54 billion, but that fell short of lofty Wall Street estimates and its shares fell nearly 5%. Although Pfizer raised its forecast for the vaccine, developed with Germany's BioNTech SE, by $1 billion…

ByReutersFebruary 8, 2022

Health International

No Vaccine, No French Open for Djokovic as Rules Tighten

PARIS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic risks being frozen out of tennis as he chases a record 21st Grand Slam title, with rules on travelers who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 tightening in the third year of the pandemic and some tournaments reconsidering exemptions. The Serbian, who has not been vaccinated, was deported from Australia…

ByReutersJanuary 18, 2022

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