Doctors Ask CDC to Clarify Guidelines so Patients aren’t Abruptly Cut Off Pain Opioids March 15, 2019 By Jim Sams Some physicians are pushing back against “widespread misapplication” of the 2016 federal opioid prescribing guidelines, while a new report from...
Gun Industry Dealt Blow as Conn. High Court Allows Suit by Sandy Hook Victims March 14, 2019 By Chris Dolmetsch The gun industry suffered a stinging setback as Connecticut’s top court said families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook...
Experts Say Vulnerable Businesses Should Increase Cyber Defenses March 14, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg When cyberthieves attacked Empire Industries’ computer network, technology manager Rich Shemanskis could see files in the process of being infected...
Clue Linking Mysterious Boeing 737 Max Disasters Came From Space March 14, 2019 By Alan Levin and Julie Johnsson The first concrete evidence of a possible link between two deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes came from space. A new...
Nevada Wants Plutonium Removed as Court Battle Proceeds March 14, 2019 By Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. — The state of Nevada is asking a federal appeals court to order the U.S. government to remove...
North Carolina Lawmakers Mull Hand-Held Phone Ban for Drivers March 14, 2019 By Gary B. Robertson RALEIGH, N.C. — With smartphones now ever-present, North Carolina lawmakers are revisiting distracted driving laws and on Tuesday advanced a...
Insurance Group Says Data Suggests Cannabis is Increasing Accident Rates March 14, 2019 By Jim Sams Preliminary research indicates that the legalization of recreational marijuana in 10 states has increased accident rates, the Insurance Information Institute...
Telematics, Parametric Insurance and AI Pitched as Claims Solutions March 13, 2019 Technology companies anxious to expand their market share in insurance sector announced this week the launch of products that will...
California Wildfires Left Toxic Threats Behind March 13, 2019 By Sharon Bernstein PARADISE, Calif. — As an uncontrollable wildfire turned the California town of Paradise to ash, air pollution researcher Keith Bein...
Prosecutors Decline to File Criminal Charges against PG&E for Wine Country Fires March 13, 2019 By Steve Gorman An investigation into fierce wildfires that swept Northern California’s wine country in 2017, killing 46 people, found no basis to...