Walmart’s deal follows similar settlements from CVS and Walgreens, all of whom stand accused of driving the opioid crisis and deny wrongdoing.
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Vaccine Targeting Effects Of Fentanyl Developed By Researchers—It Could Help Tackle Opioid Misuse
The opioid is commonly added to recreational drugs, like cocaine or methamphetamine, resulting in overdose deaths.
Covid Reinfections May Boost Chances Of Death And Organ Failure, Study Finds — And The Risk Increases Each Time You Catch It
People with Covid reinfections were twice as likely to die and three times more likely to be hospitalized compared to people with just one infection, researchers found.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Is As Effective As Antidepressants For Anxiety Disorders, Study Finds
Results show meditation reduced anxiety as much as the common antidepressant drug escitalopram.
Low-Protein Diet From Processed Foods Drives Overeating And Is Fueling Obesity Crisis, Study Finds
Highly processed foods that are low in protein drive people to eat more unhealthy, energy-dense food to satisfy their body’s hunger for protein, researchers found, fueling high obesity rates in the Western world.
Florida Board Votes To Ban Gender-Affirming Care For Transgender Youth
The Florida Board of Medicine approved the new rule Friday, despite widespread opposition from medical groups.
Pfizer Says Updated Booster Shot Sparks Stronger Immune Response Versus Original Vaccine—As Uptake Slows Drastically
Protective antibodies against the dominant BA.5 omicron variant were “substantially higher” after the updated booster shot compared to the original formula, Pfizer and BioNTech said—but despite an expected Covid resurgence this winter, many Americans d…
Deaths From Alcohol—On The Rise For Decades—Soared During Covid Pandemic, CDC Says
Deaths directly linked to alcohol use jumped 26% in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new CDC report, with rates rising sharply among younger men and women.
Scientists Warn Dangerous Monkeypox Variant Circulating In Central Africa Could Fuel New Outbreaks
The dangerous clade I monkeypox variant has a fatality rate of up to 10%, and is associated with a more severe form of disease that is more likely to cause serious complications like blindness than the variant driving the current global outbreak.
Teva Pharmaceuticals Will Pay Up To $523 Million In New York For Opioid Settlement
The Israeli company will shell out as much as $4.2 billion nationwide as part of a tentative deal.
