An attempt to disqualify New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office from representing the state’s cannabis agency in a lawsuit over its licensing scheme for businesses failed when a federal magistrate judge rejected arguments that the state’s lead lawyer has an advantage in the case.

The FDA’s acting tobacco chief is promoting the agency’s first authorization of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes this week, signaling progress for an industry counting on President Donald Trump’s promise to save vaping.

Moderna Inc. said it’s researching vaccines to protect against hantaviruses, even as public health experts downplay the risk the deadly pathogen aboard a cruise ship could become a significant threat.

A federal judge tossed Acuitas Therapeutics Inc.'s lawsuit seeking a declaration the Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty doesn’t infringe patents that GSK Plc asserts in a separate case against Acuitas’ partners Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE.

The US Labor Department will argue in support of Honeywell International Inc. and Siemens Corp. in a pair of Third Circuit appeals challenging how they handle forfeited money in their 401(k) plans.

First Reserve Bank of Cleveland defeated a Sixth Circuit appeal by a former employee who said she was wrongly denied disability benefits on account of long-haul Covid-19.