boston scientific has reached $188000000.00 settlement nationwide over its phony marketing claims about certain surgical mesh products these products were found to be totally unnecessary for most procedures and ended up causing a strain pain and bleeding among patients per absolute permanent injury i've got robert price with me is one of the lawyers that made all that happen has been involved with the mess case for a long time robert tell us about this litigation but phillis him about what this is about what is the case about why the settlement. and what's ahead of us thanks for having me on mike so the bosses scientific settlement was a subtle one about the pelvic mass products which were products that were implanted in women to treat incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and things like that and you were in that case as you have been working in that case and many other manufacturers for over 10 years and essentially this this was a subtle moment half of a.g.s. around the country that found that boston scientific had misled consumers misled doctors about the true risks associated with

boston scientific has reached $188000000.00 settlement nationwide over its phony marketing claims about certain surgical mesh products these products were found to be totally unnecessary for most procedures and ended up causing extreme pain and bleeding among patients per absolute permanent injury i've got robert with me is one of the lawyers that made all that happen has been involved with the mess case for a long time robert tell us about this litigation but phyllis in about what this is about what is the case about why the settlement. and what's ahead of us thanks for having me on mike so the bosses scientific settlement was a settlement about the pelvic mass products which were products that were implanted in women to treat incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and things like that and you were in that case the women work in that case and many other manufacturers for over 10 years and essentially this this was a subtle known behalf of a.g.s. around the country that found that boston scientific had misled consumers misled doctors about the true risks associated with the device and o

boston scientific has reached $188000000.00 settlement nationwide over its phony marketing claims about certain surgical mesh products these products were found to be totally unnecessary for most procedures and ended up causing extruding pain and bleeding among patients per absolute permanent injury i've got robert price with me is one of the lawyers that made all that happen has been involved with the mess case for a long time robert tell us about this litigation but phillis him about what this is about what is the case about why the settlement. and what's ahead of us thanks for hanging on mike so the boss is scientific settlement was a subtle one about the pelvic mass products which were products that were implanted in women's treat incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and things like that you were in that case you have been working in that case and many other manufacturers for over 10 years and essentially this this was a subtle known behalf of a.g.s. around the country that found that boston scientific had misled consumers misled doctors about the true risks associated with the de

scott, i'm going to start off with boston scientific this is interesting, scott, because of a lot of extremely well so far this year. it looks like somebody expects it to continue to do so, because they're buying 6,000 of the june 40 calls they bought these june 45 calls, very inexpensive, about 30 cents. there's a bit of time. that's interesting, but also, on top of that, last week, they were buying the june 44 calls. they bought about 5,000 of those. today after this initial trade, they were buying the july 45 calls. so three different hits in a short period of time, very interesting to see if boston scientific continues to move to the up side. we don't talk about this particular name, about it has just hit a 52-week high. they're buying the september 15 calls. a little over 8,000 of those calls, going anywhere from 1.10 to 1.15. they're giving themselves plenty of time. one last one gap stories. gatt gap stores was running, running, running, rolling the entire way up. they were right under the last time i was on here those options did not perform. the stocked pulled back, i'm out

and boston scientific, which is based in santa rosa is cutting 168. >>> here is a reason the smiles, especially on this friday. the happiest place on earth is back open for the first time in more than a year. crowds of people cheered as they walked into disneyland this morning down in anaheim. one woman from oakland got a little emotional. >> i was one of the last people out on the last day and one of the first people back in on the first day, i am literally going to cry. i couldn't be happier to be here right now. there is no way to describe this feeling. being gone for so long and finally coming back to a place that we all consider our home is just so comforting. >> a lot of people feel that way. disneyland is operating at limited capacity and is only allowing instate visitors at this time. >>> the alameda county fair is also coming back this year. but it will not be held under the same hot summer sun but instead in the cooler month of october. it won't be as crowded. face masks will be mandatory. not only giving everyone to be vaccinated, but the fairgrounds are busy right now bec

an extremely rare piece of scientific history is up for auction in boston.is letter written by albert einstein in 1946 is one of only 4 examples of the famed e equals mc squared formula written out in einstein's own handwriting. it was put up for auction by the great, great grandchildren of the letters recipient to fellow physicist or option posted the sale with a starting bid of more than $340,000. the bidding closes next week on may 20th. >> for your health tonight. if you want to run faster, you might want to think about the color of your beverages. experts from the university of west minister say rose colored sports beverages could boost exercise performance by up to 4.4%, but even they're saying if it contains the same ingredients as clear flu. it's been a volunteer study pink drink users enjoy themselves more and ran 696 feet further on average. so what's the deal here? wise pink better. the team says that the pink color tricks, the body into thinking it has taken in more carts. cheers to them. next up, helping on the fire lines during big wildfires wh

boston museum of science. kate wong a senior editor at "scientific american." she has been writing about the evolution of humans and other organisms for the magazine since 1997. she is also co-author with donald johansson of loose his legacy, the quest for human origins. tonight there will be discussing this new book "first steps: how upright walking made us human." in it he explores the history of the ability unique to humans among living mammals to walk on two legs. he makes the case bipedalism was a crucial change that allowed for the evolution of humans despite the difficulties that pose to -- publishers weekly prices his love of fossil discovery and a collaborating with colleagues come through in the oney experiences in t examig bones firsthand because to turn anatomical evidence into a focused tale of human evolution and his enthusiasm for research will leave readers both informed and uplifted. i am so pleased to turn things over to our speakers. the digital podium is yours, jeremy and kate. >> thank thank you, nell. i appreciate introduction. thanks for