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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Monday sued Walgreens, accusing the pharmacy chain of fueling the opioid crisis in the state by filling a large number of suspicious orders for painkillers.

AstraZeneca's review comes after health authorities in some countries suspended the use of its vaccine over clotting issues.

It did not give a precise figure for those employees, saying only that it would be in the lower end of a "four-digit number"

Over the next several months, symptoms would come and go: burning lungs, a rapid heartbeat, dizzy spells, hand tremors and hair loss.

Pakistan has reported 605,200 cases, including 13,508 deaths.

Vaccines are typically not the most profitable products in the Big Pharma catalog, especially compared to drugs used to treat chronic conditions.

North Korea has not responded to behindthescenes diplomatic outreach since midFebruary by President Joe Biden's administration, including to Pyongyang's mission to the United Nations, a senior Biden administration official told Reuters on Saturday.

The small, lush green Portuguese island of Corvo, home to around 400 people, has vaccinated most of its population against COVID19 and will soon reach herd immunity, according to its only doctor.

More than 300 people have been charged in connection with the January 6 assault on the US Capitol by pro-Trump rioters -- a figure DOJ now says could easily pass 400.

The research, published in the journal Cell, noted that the neutralising antibodies induced by the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were less effective against the coronavirus variants first described in Brazil and South Africa.

The SEC settlement stemmed from Musk’s August 2018 tweet that he was considering taking Tesla private and had “funding secured” for a possible $72 billion transaction.

Initially, Disneyland Paris had hoped to re-admit visitors in February, before setting April 2 as its new target date, depending on health conditions improving.

"Too often, we've turned against one another," Biden said in his first primetime address, detailing the progress made in the fight against Covid-19.

Vaccine manufacturers in the United States are free to export their products while also fulfilling the terms of contracts with the United States.

Biden, who was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, has created history by appointing at least 58 Indian Americans to key positions in his administration.

An Oklahoma police chief who spoke at the funeral of a 17yearold Nebraska girl who died in a shootout with four of his officers said he has learned a powerful lesson about forgiveness after the girl's father invited him to the service.