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Health

US News & World Report fails to block San Francisco subpoenas over hospital rankings

A federal judge threw out the media company's lawsuit, finding a California state court should decide if the subpoenas can be enforced.

False advertising: Ovulation tests

BROOKLYN — A federal court in New York tossed the third-amended false advertising complaint brought over at-home ovulation test kits sold at retailers under the Clearblue and First Response brands. The suing customers say the products cannot predict when someone is ovulating with 99% accuracy; the court says that reasonable consumers will read the side and back labeling, which state the products test not for ovulation but for a rise in luteinizing hormone levels, which typically suggest ovulation will occur in the next day and a half.

Alabama abortion assistance

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama partially denied the state attorney general’s motion to dismiss a constitutional challenge to the state’s prosecution of anyone who assists in facilitating out-of-state abortions. “Alabama can no more restrict people from going to, say, California to engage in what is lawful there than California can restrict people from coming to Alabama to do what is lawful here.” Advocates’ right-to-travel, freedom of speech, freedom of association and extraterritoriality claims survive the motion.

Oregon hospitals ask Ninth Circuit to revive long-term mental health treatment lawsuit

Oregon doesn't have nearly enough beds to provide long-term treatment for mentally ill patients. As a result, many of them are left to languish in hospitals for months on end, a situation four hospital groups wants to fix.

AstraZeneca pulls its Covid vaccine from European market

Billions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were distributed to poorer countries, as it was cheaper and easier to produce and distribute.

City officials in Michigan seek immunity against contaminated water lawsuit

Residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan, filed a class action in 2021, claiming that city and state officials failed to properly warn them about toxic levels of lead in their drinking water.

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