(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine needed to secure and deploy advanced missiles and to achieve faster results with them on the battlefield. Speaking in his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said a meeting with top commanders had been devoted to the development of domestic weapons supplies in the more than 2-1/2-year war against Russia. This, he said, involved drones, electronic warfare and, above all, deploying missiles that would reap rapid benefits … Read more…

CHICAGO (Reuters) -California is investigating a possible case of bird flu in a person who had contact with infected dairy cattle, the state’s public health department said on Thursday. The spread of the virus to cattle in 14 states and infections of 13 dairy and poultry farm workers this year have concerned scientists and federal officials about the risks to humans from further spread. Cows at dairy farms in California, the top U.S. milk-producing state, … Read more…

(Reuters) – The Texas attorney general has sued leading insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), accusing them of collaborating to inflate the cost of insulin. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office said on Thursday it had sued insulin makers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi. The office had also sued PBMs, including CVS’ Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth’s OptumRx, who act as intermediaries in negotiating drug prices and coverage. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The … Read more…