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Kroger on Friday became the latest retail pharmacy chain to announce a sweeping settlement over its role in the opioid epidemic in the U.S.
The company has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to U.S. states, local governments and Native American tribes over 11 years. Walgreens, CVS and Walmart all reached settlements last fall.
On the infectious disease front, Covid hospitalizations are spiking for the first time this year right as kids return to school. Though severe illness from Covid is rising, hospitalizations remain low compared to prior pandemic years.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former White House chief medical advisor, said the U.S. is unlikely to face another tsunami of illness thanks to a wall of immunity from vaccination and infection.
The U.S. is rolling out an updated vaccine in mid-September to help fight an expected fall Covid wave.
And the legal battle over the abortion pill took has taken another turn after months of complicated litigation. The drug company Danco Laboratories has asked the Supreme Court to decide the case challenging mifepristone’s legality.
If the conservative high court agrees to review the case, it will be the first time the justices have deliberated over abortion since they overturned Roe v. Wade.
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