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Bayer to pay $2 billion after losing suit that claims weedkiller Roundup causes cancer

Bottles of Roundup weed killer move along the production line at the herbicide manufacturing facility operated by Monsanto. Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bayer AG on Monday was ordered by a Northern California jury to pay more than $ 2 billion to a couple who say they were diagnosed with cancer after using… Read More »

The ‘love and chaos’ of raising quadruplets

The Larson quadruplets — Brody, Cooper, Ashlyn and Kylie — watch television as their mom prepares a snack in the kitchen. Courtney and Cameron Larson burst into celebration when the ultrasound technician told them they were having twins. The couple from Lima, New York, had started fertility treatments as soon as they found out that… Read More »

This New Democratic Plan Would Ban Private Medicine – The Wall Street Journal

By Chris Jacobs Updated May 12, 2019 3:58 p.m. ET Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks in Los Angeles, April 27, 2019. Photo: mark ralston/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A few months ago, Sen. Kamala Harris raised eyebrows when she nonchalantly proclaimed her desire to abolish private health insurance: “Let’s move on.” Today, Ms. Harris’s quip seems… Read More »

FDA Approves Ruzurgi (amifampridine) for Children with Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome

FDA Approves Ruzurgi (amifampridine) for Children with Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Print this page May 06, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Ruzurgi (amifampridine) tablets for the treatment of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) in patients 6 years to less than 17 years of age. This is the first FDA approval of a… Read More »