By Nandhini Srinivasan and Khushi Mandowara (Reuters) – More than 109,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending January 2023, a slight increase from the previous year, according to provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Wednesday. The figure is up 0.7% from 108,825 overdoses…
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will take steps to better verify antibiotic-free labels on meat and poultry products after receiving petitions challenging its existing process for not being rigorous enough, the agency announced Wednesday. Consumer, food safety and environmental groups have long warned that the overuse of antibiotics in livestock…
MILAN (Reuters) – The body of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will be cremated and his ashes taken to the family mausoleum in the grounds of his villa in the northern town of Arcore, a source close to the family told Reuters. After a state funeral on Wednesday, the coffin will be returned to…
By Martin Coulter and Hakan Ersen (Reuters) -Hundreds of social media moderators in Germany – who remove harmful content from platforms such as Facebook and TikTok – are calling on lawmakers to improve their working conditions, citing tough targets and mental health issues. Cengiz Haksöz, who has worked as a content moderator at outsourcer TELUS…
By David Lawder KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga told Reuters that he will “push” the lender’s balance sheet hard to help fight climate change and other crises, but this may only yield tens of billions of dollars in additional annual lending, not the hundreds of billions hoped for by some. Banga…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge fund Arex Capital Management is urging Enhabit to put itself up for sale and wants the home health and hospice provider to begin a strategic review to help reverse a 50% slide in its share price, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Enhabit is already interviewing…
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – The first trial in several U.S. climate change cases brought by youths kicked off on Monday in Montana, where sixteen young people are seeking to hold the state accountable for fossil fuel-friendly policies they claim exacerbate global warming and threaten their futures. Roger Sullivan, an attorney for the young plaintiffs,…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Monday finalized a deal to preserve the federal mandate requiring U.S. health insurers to cover preventive care like cancer screenings and HIV-preventing medication at no extra cost to patients while a legal challenge continues. The agreement, first disclosed on Friday and now finalized in a filing…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Jurors in an upcoming trial in the case of a man who said he suffered chronic pain and other injuries from hernia repair mesh made by Becton, Dickinson and Co’s C.R. Bard Inc unit will not be allowed to hear about a 2011 fire in one of the company’s factories,…
By Emilio Parodi, Elvira Pollina and Alvise Armellini MILAN (Reuters) -Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul and former Italian prime minister who transformed the nation’s politics with polarising policies and often alarmed his allies with his brazen remarks, died on Monday aged 86. Berlusconi, Italy’s longest-serving premier who counted Russian President Vladimir Putin as a…
