Health
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Switch from selling COVID-19 drugs on market rather than to governments continues to sting at Pfizer
Pfizer heads into 2024 with a lower-than-expected sales forecast for its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment after weaker demand had already forced it...
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Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year's Paris Olympics
Two of Russia's top swimmers have been drug tested by their country's anti-doping agency only twice apiece in 2023, part of a larger trend in the...
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After recalls and infections, experts say safer eyedrops will require new FDA powers
When you buy eyedrops at a U.S. store, you might assume you're getting a product made in a clean, well-maintained factory that's passed muster with...
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Thai police seize a record haul of 50 million methamphetamine tablets near border with Myanmar
Thai police have seized what is being called a record haul of methamphetamine tablets in the western province of Kanchanaburi, close to the Myanmar...
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New Mexico Supreme Court mulls whether to strike down local abortion restrictions
The New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing whether to strike down local abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of...
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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments over abortion pill
The Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will review the legality of the abortion pill, setting up a major abortion-related showdown following the...
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Women seeking court orders for abortions in post-Roe America
Women increasingly are asking judges -- not their doctors -- for abortions in red states that have largely banned the procedure, creating a...
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Arizona Supreme Court reviews pre-state 1864 abortion ban which is still on the books
The Arizona Supreme Court grilled lawyers Tuesday over whether a pre-statehood ban on nearly all abortions has been limited or made moot by other...
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What we know about the legal case of a Texas woman denied the right to an immediate abortion
Last week, a Texas woman sued her home state for the right to obtain an abortion in a new kind of challenge to the bans that most...
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Packed hospitals, treacherous roads, harried parents: Newborns in Gaza face steeper odds of survival
The birth of their daughter should have marked the beginning of a joyful chapter for the young Palestinian couple.
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Auto union boss urges New Jersey lawmakers to pass casino smoking ban
Shawn Fain, the international president of the United Auto Workers union who recently won large raises for his workers, is taking aim at a new...
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Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her...