A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, caused him cancer and ordered the company to pay $ 289 million US in damages.
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As Saudi medical trainees ordered home, Canada prepares for potential impact on hospitals
As a diplomatic showdown escalates, Saudi Arabia has told about 800 medical residents and fellows they must leave Canada and do their training elsewhere.
NY ordered Charter to leave the state—but Charter won’t go without fight
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Charter CEO Tom Rutledge yesterday vowed to fight the New York state government’s decision to kick Charter out of the state. The State Public Service Commission (PSC) voted Friday to revoke its approval of Charter’s 2016 purchase of Time Warner Cable (TWC), and ordered Charter to sell the former TWC […]
How Many Episodes of Your Fave Shows Were Ordered for Next Season?
News flash: Size does matter — at least when it comes to TV-show renewals. Back in the day, they were pretty much created equal — in other words, most series getting the go-ahead for an additional season netted a standard full-season, 22-episode order. But, with cable and streaming luring big-name talent in front of and […]
Rugrats Revival Ordered at Nickelodeon
Anyone got a craving for more Pickles? The beloved ’90s cartoon Rugrats is returning to Nickelodeon with a 26-episode revival order, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new episodes will feature fresh adventures from original characters Tommy Pickles, Chuckie, Phil and Lil, Susie and Angelica, along with a host of new characters. (Parent company Viacom […]
Health Canada ordered to release confidential drug company data on HPV vaccines
A Federal Court judge has ordered Health Canada to release to an American researcher reams of clinical trial data on five medications, undercutting the federal government’s attempts to keep the information confidential.
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay nearly $4.7B in ovarian cancer case
A jury in St. Louis, Mo., has awarded nearly $ 4.7 billion US in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer, in the first case against the company that focused on asbestos in the powder.
‘Dr. Lipjob’ ordered to stop injecting botox, impersonating doctor
The B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons has won a court order against an unlicensed woman who posed as a doctor and administered botox injections to people in homes, cars and at parties.
Volkswagen ordered to rehire employee suspected of trying to join ISIS
A German court has ruled that Volkswagen should reinstate an employee that was fired on suspicion of terrorism-related activities. The company failed to prove that he poses a genuine threat. “The mere suspicion that [a person] belongs to a radical ‘Jihad movement’ as well as a preventive confiscation of an international passport resulting from it […]
China’s security crackdown hit a university district where restaurants were ordered to only serve 10 foreigners at a time
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Cafes and bars in Beijing’s university district have reportedly been ordered to cater to no more than 10 foreigners at a time. Staff members say the orders were given last week, shortly after China’s annual legislative meeting began in Beijing. It’s unknown what prompted the orders, but the rise of anti-Xi Jinping […]
