(Reuters) -Viatris said on Monday it would pay up to $335 million over nine years as part of a nationwide settlement to resolve claims by U.S. state and local governments that it fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction. The Pennsylvania-based company, formed by the merger of Mylan and Pfizer’s Upjohn business in 2020, did not …
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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to move forward this week on President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, but their caucus is divided with some members concerned that there are insufficient spending cuts in the budget blueprint passed by the Senate. There is broad agreement within the party …
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WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court has declined to block a federal judge’s ruling that said the United States must bring a man back to Maryland after he was wrongly deported to El Salvador amid the Trump administration’s hardline crackdown on immigration. The order by the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of …
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former model on Friday ended her lawsuit that accused a prominent psychiatrist who was once close friends with Jeffrey Epstein of helping enable the disgraced late financier’s sex trafficking, and turning her into a “modern-day sex slave.” The unnamed model, using the pseudonym Jane Doe 11, voluntarily dismissed …
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By Susan Heavey and Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Sunday a Justice Department attorney had been placed on leave after he failed to vigorously defend the government’s handling of a man erroneously deported to El Salvador in what a U.S. judge called a “wholly lawless” detention. U.S. District Judge …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a challenge to New York firearms restrictions adopted shortly after the justices in 2022 struck down the Democratic state’s previous limits on carrying concealed handguns in a landmark ruling that expanded gun rights. The justices declined to hear an appeal by six …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett played down economic concerns over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, saying the president has talked to world leaders all weekend and will listen to proposals for great deals. “He’s doubling down on something that he knows works, and he’s going to continue to do that,” Hassett, director …
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By Kanishka Singh and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A second child with measles has died in Texas, state officials said on Sunday, in an outbreak of the childhood disease that has resulted in nearly 500 cases in Texas and has spread across 22 states. The unvaccinated school-aged child, who had no underlying health conditions, died …
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(Repeats story issued on April 4 with no changes to text.) By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Association of Public Health Laboratories sent a letter on Friday asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to restore two national laboratories that did testing for rare forms of hepatitis and drug-resistant sexually transmitted diseases, …
(Repeats story issued on April 4 with no changes to text.) By Puyaan Singh (Reuters) – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Friday it did not move forward with a proposal put forth by the Biden administration for Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. U.S.-listed shares of Novo …
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