A new study from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute surveyed truck drivers over a period of 18 months. The new study found that when drivers texted, their collision risk was 23 times greater than when not texting.
Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. will pay $5.4 million to settle civil claims with the attorneys general of 35 states and the District of Columbia which charged that the companies covered up test results that cast doubt on the effectiveness of two blockbuster cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia.
