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Federal judges weigh reviving court cases linking Tylenol to autism

Friday, November 21 by ABC News

(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... Read More.

Attorneys for Comey, James press judge to toss cases over Trump-installed prosecutor

Thursday, November 13 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James have asked a judge to throw out their criminal indictments on the basis that the Trump-installed prosecutor who charged them was appointed unlawfully. At a hearing... Read More.

Watchdog group files bar complaint against prosecutor Lindsey Halligan over Comey, James cases

Wednesday, November 12 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department prosecutor handpicked by President Donald Trump to lead the criminal cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey is now the subject of a bar complaint that alleges she is unfit... Read More.

South Carolina measles outbreak grows to 15 cases: Health officials

Friday, October 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A measles outbreak in South Carolina has grown to 15 cases, state health officials said on Friday.The newly identified cases were close contacts of people who were quarantining at home and were not in any school settings when contagious, according to... Read More.

A hard-to-spot breast cancer now makes up more than 1 in 10 cases in the US: Report

Tuesday, October 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A fast-rising form of breast cancer that's harder to detect on mammograms now makes up more than one in ten cases in the United States, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS). Invasive lobular carcinoma, the second most... Read More.

COVID cases, hospitalizations ticking up in the US but remain lower than last year

Saturday, August 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 cases are ticking up in the U.S. as children head back to school and the country prepares to enter the colder weather months.For the week ending Aug. 9, the COVID hospitalization rate was 1.7 per 100,000, double the rate from... Read More.

Measles cases in US over 4.5 times higher than all of last year

Thursday, July 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Measles cases in the United States are continuing to rise after breaking a decades-long record just two weeks ago.There are now 1,319 confirmed measles cases across 39 states, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated... Read More.

Maurene Comey, federal prosecutor in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Ghislaine Maxwell cases, fired: Sources

Thursday, July 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Wednesday fired Maurene Comey from the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where she most recently led the prosecution of Sean "Diddy" Combs, multiple sources told ABC News.A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's... Read More.

US measles cases hit highest number in 33 years: CDC

Wednesday, July 9 by ABC News

Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Measles cases in the United States have reached their highest number in more than 30 years, according to new federal data published Wednesday.There have been 1,288 confirmed measles cases across 38 states nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease... Read More.

Supreme Court could release more on high-profile cases from its ‘cleanup conference’

Friday, July 4 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- There is the potential for more news out of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday when the justices release a list of orders and dispositions from the "cleanup conference," the last in-person gathering before summer recess.The timing of the release is somewhat... Read More.

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