Health care industry

U.S. bankruptcy judge halts 40,000 Johnson & Johnson talc and cancer lawsuits

A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday halted roughly 40,000 lawsuits that allege Johnson & Johnson‘s baby powder and other talc…

DOJ charges 18 people — including doctors — in massive Covid health-care fraud takedowns

Eighteen people, some of them doctors, were criminally charged with Covid-19 health-care fraud schemes that netted hundreds of millions of…

Supreme Court maintains full access to abortion pill mifepristone until at least Friday

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday issued an order allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available by mail…

U.S. government watchdog: Health chief Becerra violated Hatch Act

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act by expressing support for Democratic Senator Alex Padilla’s re-election…

Abortion pill ruling puts ‘judge shopping’ concerns back in spotlight

A pivotal fight over the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone has spurred new accusations of…

Texas mifepristone ruling threatens abortion access in states where procedure is legal, attorneys general say

Attorneys general for nearly half of U.S. states in a new court filing warn that a federal judge’s decision to…

Biden trumpets his economic plans in Minnesota after Cummins announces $1 billion investment

President Joe Biden touted efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing after touring a Cummins facility in Minnesota on Monday, as the…

Biden and Trudeau promote strength of democratic alliance on heels of Putin, Xi meeting

President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aimed to show the strength of their democratic alliance during a…

Watch live: TikTok CEO testifies before House committee as potential U.S. ban looms

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Watch live: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies at Senate hearing

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