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Jan Hoffman

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Uganda New York Times world
20 Oct 2019
CLEVELAND — Two decades after the onset of an opioid epidemic that led to the deaths of 400,000 Americans, the first landmark federal opioid trial is set to begin Monday, after furious, last-minute settlement talks between two powerful groups of plaintiffs and five drug industry defendants faltered.
What to Know About the Landmark Opioid Trial Starting Monday
Uganda New York Times world
19 Oct 2019
CLEVELAND — Despite a day of fervent negotiations between major drug industry corporations and the thousands of cities and counties suing them for their roles in the opioid epidemic, plaintiffs’ lawyers said that talks had stumbled but would continue.
Opioid Settlement Talks Teeter as Trial Looms
Uganda New York Times world
18 Oct 2019
CLEVELAND — A mayor of a small West Virginia city brought to its knees by opioids and representatives of large cities and counties left reeling by the epidemic are gathering in federal court here Friday to sit side by side with chief executives from the country’s largest drug distributors. Along with four state attorneys general, they were summoned by Judge Dan A. Polster, who is trying to wrest a far-reaching, last-minute agreement to resolve thousands of lawsuits before the start of the fir...
Judge Summons Drug CEOs for Talks on Sweeping Opioid Settlement
Uganda New York Times world
17 Oct 2019
CLEVELAND — As a critical trial deadline bears down, lawyers for states and the three largest drug distributors in the country, along with two manufacturers, have agreed on a framework for a deal to resolve thousands of opioid cases with a settlement worth nearly $50 billion in cash and addiction treatments.
Drug Giants Pursuing $50 Billion Settlement of Opioid Cases
Uganda New York Times world
17 Oct 2019
CLEVELAND — The nation’s three largest drug distributors and two manufacturers have agreed with multiple states on a framework to resolve thousands of opioid cases with a settlement worth nearly $50 billion in cash and addiction treatments, according to three people familiar with the negotiations.
Drug Giants Seeking Settlement of Opioid Cases for $50 Billion
Uganda New York Times world
26 Sep 2019
The question is often whispered, the questioners sheepish. But increasingly, parents at the New York playground where Dr. Elizabeth A. Comen takes her young children have been asking her: “Do you vaccinate your kids?”
How Anti-Vax Sentiment Took Hold in the United States
Uganda New York Times world
26 Sep 2019
Members of the Sackler family could withdraw their pledge to pay $3 billion as part of a nationwide deal to address the opioid crisis if a bankruptcy judge does not block outstanding state lawsuits against them and their company, Purdue Pharma, Purdue lawyers said in a legal complaint.
Purdue Says Sacklers May Walk From Opioid Deal if Judge Does Not Block Cases
Uganda New York Times world
5 Mar 2019
At a time when measles outbreaks are mounting among clusters of unvaccinated children, notably in Washington state, New York and Texas, a new large study published this week found no association between the measles vaccine and autism — a reason often given by parents for rejecting inoculation.
Uganda New York Times world
31 Jan 2019
Just over a year ago, opioid lawsuits against makers and distributors of the painkillers were proliferating so rapidly that a judicial panel put all the federal cases under the stewardship of a single judge.
Opioid Lawsuits Are Headed to Trial, and the Stakes Are High
Uganda New York Times world
31 Jan 2019
The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that e-cigarettes were nearly twice as effective as conventional nicotine replacement products, like patches and gum, at quitting smoking a year after starting them.
E-Cigarettes Are Effective at Helping Smokers Quit, a Study Says
Uganda New York Times world
19 Dec 2018
A Harvard addiction medicine specialist is getting calls from distraught parents around the country. A Stanford psychologist is getting calls from rattled school officials around the world. A federal agency has ordered a public hearing on the issue.
Teenagers Can't Stop Vaping Nicotine. Experts Struggle to Help.
Uganda New York Times world
18 Dec 2018
Vaping is surging among American adolescents. According to one national survey, 3.6 million middle and high school students used e-cigarettes in 2018. Another found that the rise in vaping from 2017 to 2018 was the sharpest for any substance the researchers had investigated in the project’s 44-year history.
Uganda New York Times world
18 Dec 2018
A Harvard addiction medicine specialist is getting calls from distraught parents around the country. A Stanford psychologist is getting calls from rattled school officials around the world. A federal agency has ordered a public hearing on the issue.