A federal judge who ruled last year that the federal government should take full responsibility for some of the flooding that occurred in New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina and other typhoons granted class-action status in the case.
The state of California has increased the legal age in purchasing and using tobacco products. This law is considered a big move in slowing the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco products.
DeepMind, Google’s artificial intelligence division has been allowed access to patients’ data of three London hospitals run by Royal Free Trust. The data in encrypted form will be used to develop an app capable of alerting doctors about someone’s possible kidney injury. However, patients’ rights groups have criticized the move since the data may be used for any other purposes.