Health & Safety

The National Impact Of Oklahoma's Opioid Case

5:52pm August 27, 2019

by Brian Mann

A court order that Johnson and Johnson pay Oklahoma $572 million for its role in the opioid crisis is good news for the other state and local governments bringing cases against the opioid industry.

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Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter Discusses The Johnson & Johnson Lawsuit Ruling

5:52pm August 27, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter about his state's winning case against Johnson & Johnson over the company's role in the opioid crisis.

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Until now, researchers were highly restricted in where they got medical marijuana for scientific study. Now they may have more options.

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Researching Medical Marijuana May Soon Get Easier

5:43pm August 27, 2019

by Will Stone

Current federal law limits scientists trying to study the health effects of marijuana to plants from one farm in Mississippi. The DEA says it will begin moving on applications for new growers.

Pharmaceutical Company Johnson & Johnson To Pay 4.6 Billion Dollars To 22 Women Over Baby Powder Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit

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Could A $572 Million Fine Help Halt The Opioid Epidemic?

4:50pm August 27, 2019

Pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson was ordered to pay the state of Oklahoma because of its part in the opioid epidemic.

Lawyers for Planned Parenthood told the court in a lawsuit filed last month that the Missouri law would mean "patients will be subject to significant and irreparable constitutional, medical, emotional, and other harms for which no adequate remedy at law e

Federal Judge Blocks Parts Of Missouri Law That Bans Abortions After 8 Weeks

4:47pm August 27, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

The legislation does have an exemption for medical emergencies, but not for victims of rape or incest. The judge halted it a day before it was slated to take effect.

North Carolina says it is taking action against e-cigarette companies it alleges target their products at children.

North Carolina Says It Is Suing 8 E-Cigarette Companies

4:30pm August 27, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The state's attorney general accuses the companies of targeting children and failing to properly verify customers' ages. The state already filed a similar lawsuit against Juul.

Police officers talk to an employee at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, Fla., in 2017. A number of patients died after the air conditioning stopped following Hurricane Irma, authorities said.

4 Former Staffers Face Charges Over Nursing Home Deaths After Hurricane Irma

4:18pm August 27, 2019

A dozen patients' deaths were ruled homicides. They died after Irma knocked out power to the air conditioning system at the South Florida center in 2017.

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A Newer, Faster Way To Detect Norovirus In Water Supplies

2:02pm August 27, 2019

by Joe Palca

Norovirus sickens tens of millions of people each year. They get the disease from contaminated food or water. Engineers have developed a rapid, inexpensive test to detect the virus in water supplies.

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KFC will test a new plant-based meatless chicken on Tuesday in Smyrna, a suburb of Atlanta.

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KFC To Test Plant-Based Meatless Chicken In Atlanta Area

11:34am August 27, 2019

by Scott Neuman

Kentucky Fried Chicken will offer the nuggets and boneless wings for one day at a single restaurant. Depending on customer feedback, the items could be rolled out nationally, the company says.

First lady Rula Ghani at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Earlier this year, she helped free more than 190 Afghan women and girls imprisoned for failing the virginity test after reproductive rights activist Farhad Javid brought it to her att

Whatever Happened To ... The Afghan Girls Imprisoned For Failing A Virginity Test?

10:44am August 27, 2019

by Malaka Gharib

After lobbying the president and first lady of Afghanistan to help, activist Farhad Javid has some good news to share. But there's still a lot of work to do.