A Marlboro cigarette. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Marlboro parent Altria is asking the Food and Drug Administration to help it spread the word that nicotine doesn’t cause cancer. CNBC on Thursday obtained a copy of a letter Altria sent to the FDA asking the agency to help get the message out about… Read More: Marlboro maker Altria asks FDA to spread the word that… »
The Department of Justice doesn’t want the Supreme Court to fast-track a case that could result in Obamacare being thrown out ahead of the presidential election, despite its position that the healthcare law should be abolished. If the court agrees with the Trump administration, then President Trump and Republicans will be spared the possibility of… Read More: Trump administration asks Supreme Court not to rule on Obamacare… »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s health ministry has asked all state governments in the country not to partner with the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) because of its links to tobacco giant Philip Morris International Inc, a letter seen by Reuters showed. FILE PHOTO: A man smokes a cigarette along a road in Mumbai,… Read More: India asks its states not to partner with Philip Morris-funded… »
The American Medical Informatics Association is urging the Trump administration to leverage an existing industry strategy on artificial intelligence research and development, rather than beginning from scratch. “We commend the administration for designating artificial intelligence, quantum information sciences and strategic computing as administration (research and development) priorities in its Fiscal Year 2020 budget, and for… Read More: AMIA asks feds to work with private sector to promote… »