The Justice Department’s lawsuit comes nearly two months after Walmart filed its own preemptive suit against the Justice Department.
Gitanjali Rao has used artificial intelligence and created apps to tackle contaminated drinking water,cyberbullying,opioid addiction and other social problems.
Prosecutors imposed significant penalties exceeding $US8 billion against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma,although the lion's share will go unpaid.
Queensland researchers say they've made promising steps towards turning spider venom into a viable addiction-free alternative to opioid painkillers.
The government has refused to delay the scheme's implementation,saying it would still be mandatory from April 1.
Criminologists are urging the Berejiklian government to establish another safe injecting room as data shows an increase in overdose deaths in western Sydney.
Crime statistics from the two states reveal police have recorded about 35,000 offences involving manufactured medicine over the past five years.
Victoria’s health department gave a doctor the green light to prescribe staggering amounts of opioid painkillers to a man who ended up dying of an overdose.
The Morrison government tells laggard states to connect to a national prescription monitoring service by the end of the year.
'We saw a system that was broken,and so many people were slipping through the cracks - including our son,'says one bereaved mother.
Every day in Australia three people die of opioid harm and a further 150 are hospitalised. Sam was lucky not to be in the former category but he's certainly been in the latter.