LIVINGSTON, N.J. (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, joining a large field of contenders seeking to win the White House next year.
(Reuters) – The superintendent and deputy superintendent of the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York state have been put on administrative leave after two inmates escaped, setting off a three-week manhunt, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing a state official.
The only thing keeping him politically afloat at home is the prospect of a presidential campaign.
Efforts by some states to challenge the Supreme Court ruling will likely prove futile.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma and Florida moved quickly to resume lethal injections after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of midazolam, a sedative that has been used in several problematic executions.
By Samuel Blackstone for DETAILS.(photo: Getty)It’s officially summer! Time for barbeques, fireworks, and best of all, vacation. But just because you’re off from work doesn’t mean your body is on break too, especially if you’re going to the beach. You may not have a gym, you may not have weights, and with these exercises, brought to you by Mike…
The United States says Novartis AG should pay as much as $3.35 billion in damages and civil fines because the Swiss drugmaker used kickbacks to boost sales of two drugs covered by Medicare and Medicaid. In papers filed Monday night in Manhattan federal court, the government said it deserves that sum under the federal False Claims Act over alleged improper reimbursements for Exjade, used by patients who receive blood transfusions,
By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Escalating violence in Yemen has devastated the country’s health system and exposed millions of children to the threat of preventable diseases including measles, pneumonia and diarrhea, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday. Since fighting intensified in March, many hospitals and health centers have been unable to function properly and vaccination services have been disrupted, according to UNICEF. Health centers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Giving California some of the strictest school vaccination requirements in the nation could help prevent outbreaks of disease like the measles flare-up at Disneyland, experts say.
By Ben Hirschler BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) – Novartis plans to test a novel pricing model with some customers when it launches its keenly awaited new heart failure drug Entresto, the Swiss company’s head of pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday. How the product should be priced, however, is a dilemma for Novartis, since the company wants to reach as many patients as possible and it knows it will be competing with very
