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OxyContin-maker to stop promoting opioid painkiller to doctors

Salesforce also being halved as Purdue Pharma faces lawsuits amid US opioid crisisThe maker of the painkiller OxyContin is to stop promoting the drug to doctors and halve its salesforce, as it faces a growing number of lawsuits over its role in the US opioid crisis. Purdue Pharma said its...

Women earn 10% less than men in America’s public sector, analysis shows

Pay imbalance particularly stark in professions where men dominate, such as law enforcement, engineering and technologyAlthough women hold half of all state and federal service jobs, they make 10% less than men in the public sector, according to an analysis of government documents obtained through...

Justin Timberlake is taking a Super Bowl kicking – cry me a river!

Being upstaged by a sheet with a picture of Prince on it is poetic justice for ripping off Janet Jackson’s bra at the 2004 halftime showA lot of people seem very cross with Justin Timberlake this week. Is it 2004 again?Cheryl, by email Continue reading... Source:...