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Finland Struggling to Stop Malware Attack Spread by Text Messages
Finland is working to stop a flood of text messages of an unknown origin that are spreading malware. The messages with malicious links to malware called FluBot number in the millions, according to ...
New York Wants Monitor to Oversee Amazon Workplace Safety, Alleging Setbacks
New York state's attorney general on Tuesday asked a state judge to appoint a monitor to oversee worker safety at an Amazon.com Inc fulfillment center in New York City, citing the retailer's alleged ...
Opioid Verdict Against Pharmacy Chains May Not Survive Appeal
While a Cleveland jury concluded Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. exacerbated Ohio's opioid epidemic with lax oversight of prescription painkillers, the verdict may ...
COVID Intrigue: Pfizer Accuses Departing Employee of Stealing Vaccine Secrets
Pfizer Inc has sued a longtime employee for allegedly stealing "scores" of confidential documents, including some related to its COVID-19 vaccine, as she prepared to jump to a competitor. In a ...
Travelers Head Toward Cancellation Mode as Omicron Emerges
Some would-be travelers are considering canceling or delaying trip plans in response to fresh curbs prompted by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, travel agents said on Monday, threatening an ...
CVS, Walgreens, Walmart Found Liable in Opioid Crisis
CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. helped create a public-health crisis by failing to properly monitor opioid prescriptions, the drug industry's latest loss in the expanding ...
Phillips Claims FDA’s Ventilator Safety Issues May Be Overestimated
Dutch medical equipment maker Philips on Wednesday said U.S. regulators might have overestimated the number of safety issues raised by customers related to its recall of ventilators in which a ...
Insurers See Victory in Infrastructure Bill’s Embrace of Marijuana Impairment Research
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that became law last week earmarks billions for projects to improve safety for cars and trucks and protect properties from floods and wildfires. But one of the ...