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(NEW YORK) -- Health officials in Los Angeles County said on Friday they are investigating a possible local spread of a more severe strain of mpox.Two cases of the strain were identified among Los Angeles County residents with no recent travel history.It comes after the first U.S. case of the more severe strain of mpox without known travel was identified in a patient from Long Beach, California, bringing the total […]

(NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court is deciding whether to revive more than 500 lawsuits filed by parents who claimed their children's autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was caused by prenatal exposure to Tylenol.The lawsuits were dismissed in December 2023 by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote after finding that the plaintiffs' scientific experts did not provide credible evidence linking use of Tylenol, or its active ingredient acetaminophen, […]