WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Tuesday urged Republican leaders in Florida and Texas to follow public health guidelines on the pandemic or “get out of the way” as the United States struggles to contain the spread of the Delta…
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Reactions to U.S. Supreme Court rejection of Trump-backed challenge to Obamacare law
(Reuters) – Politicians and others with a stake in the expanded healthcare policy known as Obamacare reacted to a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday rejecting a Republican challenge backed by former President Donald Trump: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ON TWITTER:…
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U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs J&J appeal over $2 billion baby powder judgment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Johnson & Johnson’s bid to overturn a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company’s baby powder and other talc…
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CDC panel clears way to COVID-19 vaccines for U.S. adolescents
(Reuters) -U.S. states are set to begin using the vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE to inoculate younger adolescents against COVID-19 after advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) backed the plan in a unanimous…
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Three U.S. lawmakers seek to use part of COVID stimulus money for opioid crisis – Axios
FILE PHOTO: Rep. Abigail Spanberger speaks when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on The Biden Administration’s Priorities for U.S. Foreign Policy on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC., U.S., March 10, 2021….
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Drug distributors face off against West Virginia in billion-dollar opioid trial
FILE PHOTO: A full syringe, empty syringe and spoon sit on the roof of the car in which a man in his 20’s overdosed on an opioid in the Boston suburb of Lynn, Massachusetts, August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo(Reuters)…
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West Virginia city takes big three drug distributors to court over opioids
(Reuters) – The three largest U.S. drug distributors are facing trial on Monday in West Virginia in a lawsuit accusing them of fueling the opioid crisis that has resulted in 500,000 overdose deaths in the United States over two decades….
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Brazil government has not asked U.S. for vaccines despite Mexico, Canada deal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s government has not yet asked the United States for spare COVID-19 vaccines, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, despite Washington agreeing this week to send 4 million doses of AstraZeneca shots…
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Exclusive: Dr. Deborah Birx, former Trump coronavirus coordinator, to join Texas air purifier maker
Slideshow ( 2 images )WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dr. Deborah Birx, the former Trump White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator, will join ActivePure Technology, a Texas manufacturer that says its products reduce COVID-19 on surfaces and in the air, the company…
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Biden presses for $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan with governors, mayors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden pushed for the first major legislative achievement of his term on Friday, turning to a bipartisan group of local officials for help on his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.U.S. President Joe Biden removes…
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