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Warning letters about 44 flavored e-liquid and hookah tobacco products being sold illegally in the United States have been sent to four companies

Warnings Issued to Companies Illegally Selling E-Liquid, Hookah Products

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FDA says companies are selling products without required marketing authorization
A drug company has reached a $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. government over an investigation into the company's marketing and sales of a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction.

Company Reaches $1.4 Billion Settlement in Opioid Treatment Investigation

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Settlement the largest in U.S. history in a case involving an opioid medication
Vascular events

Serious Misdiagnosis-Related Harms Mostly Due to ‘Big Three’

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Vascular events, infections, cancers account for 74.1 percent of high-severity misdiagnosis-related harms
A temporary order classifying fentanyl-like drugs as controlled substances should be enacted into law

DOJ Asks Congress to Permanently Classify Fentanyl-Like Drugs

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2018 temporary order that tightened controls on fentanyl-like drugs expires in February 2020
Reacting to an ongoing measles outbreak

New York State Halts Religious Vaccine Exemption

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Those who support the bill say that religion should not trump science
Maine has become the eighth state to legalize medically assisted suicide.

Maine Legalizes Assisted Suicide

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Doctors can now prescribe lethal dose of a drug to terminally ill and it will not be legally a suicide
A bill that would tighten control over vaccination exemptions for children in California was sent by state senators to the Assembly on Wednesday.

California Bill to Tighten Vaccine Exemptions Moves Forward

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State public health officials would have the authority to decide which children qualify for medical exemptions
U.S. health care organizations lost nearly $454 million due to clinical drug diversion in 2018

Clinical Drug Diversion Costly to Health Care Organizations

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Report finds 47.2 million doses lost due to health care worker misuse and theft in 2018
North Carolina is suing electronic cigarette manufacturer JUUL for allegedly marketing its products to children and misleading the public about the health risks of the products. This lawsuit is the first filed by a state over JUUL's alleged marketing toward teens

North Carolina Sues Electronic Cigarette Maker JUUL

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Also, judge has ruled that the FDA neglected its legal duty by postponing reviews of vaping products
Fifty-three medical professionals

Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation

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Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills