Juul to pay $462 Million to Six States and Washington DC Over Youth Addiction

Source: Reuters E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc is said to have agreed to pay $462 million to settle claims filed by Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, California, and District of Columbia that it unlawfully marketed its addictive products to minors. With the deal, Juul will have settled with 45 states for more than […]

Union County: Police And Mental Health Specialist Program “Arrive Together”

Source: RLS Media The Union County Prosecutor’s Office is pleased to announce that New Jersey’s highly regarded ARRIVE Together program, which provides compassionate response during 9-1-1 calls involving a mental health crisis, has just been expanded to additional police departments in Union County. Yhe focus of the ARRIVE Together program is to provide individuals in […]

Dueling Federal Court Rulings on FDA Removing Abortion Drug Mifepristone

Source: Insider.com Mifepristone (Mifeprex) is one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion. Two federal judges issued dueling rulings regarding the abortion pill mifepristone on, setting up a likely Supreme Court battle over whether or not the medication can be legally distributed in the US. Texas judge Matthew Kacsmaryk sided with conservative, anti-abortion […]

Fired Diagnostics Execs Charged With Concealing Lead Testing Defect

Source: Rueters Three former executives of medical device company Magellan Diagnostics concealed a malfunction in the company’s lead-testing devices that caused tests to underestimate the level of lead in people’s blood, U.S. prosecutors in Boston said in announcing criminal charges. Amy Winslow, the company’s former CEO, Hossein Maleknia, the former chief operating officer, and Reba […]