and says the company did nothing to stop it he worked there from 2015 and 2016 and this was the second trial in the case. last year a jury ordered tesla to pay the former worker $137 million, but a judge ruled that excessive and cut the payment down to $15 million. the worker rejected that award tesla s lawyers declined to comment on yesterday s verdict coming up on morning joe, it is election day in wisconsin with voters choosing the state s next supreme court justice at $45 million, it is the most expensive judicial race in judicial history
year for medical tourism and the government says medical tourism brought in over $137 million in 2021. it s so common that there s a dedicated traffic lane at the border designed to speed american medical tourists into mexico. these people are traveling to what s known as mexico s health clusters, where dental procedures, cosmetic procedures, fertility treatments, even veterinary carry are typically cheaper than the united states. americans can save up to 60% on the most common procedures received by medical tourists in mexico. the more frequented and reliable destinations are mexico city, cancun and tijuana. there s an area in mexico year yuma, arizona, known as molar city for the 300 dental offices. but matamoros is not considered a primary destination mainly because there are no nationally accredited medical centers or specialty clinics there or in
message or contact you there is an emergency. come to us another thing you should know, if you go to a foreign country and you are in a situation you don t know where to go, yo don t want to go to the loca authorities, know where th u.s. embassy is. if you can get there, that i the safest place you can go. it s as if you are answering u.s. soil. every, medical tourism. it s a booming industry in s many foreign countries in mexico alone, it brought in over $137 million in 2021, but what are the very real risks t those that are choosing to travel abroad for their medica care outside of just a risk of harm from this type of inciden that happened in matamoros it is a growing trend the primary reasons, it s cost affordability. people can t afford health car in their own country it s also culture. sometimes, people want to go t the country, or the culture, they feel comfortable with the language or, the treatment they want is simply unavailable in
reporter: wildfires in america, bigger, more frequent and now threatening our very health making the air we breathe more dangerous. spelled out in today s report from the american lung association. it finds 137 million americans, more than 40%, live in places with unhealthy levels of soot and smog we re seeing too much pollution from cars, trucks, power plants and factories as well as wildfires that are adversely affecting our health reporter: four out of the top five cities with unhealthy spikes in soot pollution are in california, where wildfires burned a record number of acres in 2020. fires can release a toxic chemical soup linked to increases in asthma, heart attacks, stroke and lung cancer you wouldn t want to breathe in the incinerated products of a computer or a battery, and so when you look at it that way, it s not surprising that breathing in those
first booster. that s the best way to protect yourself. o donnell: our interview with dr. ashish jha. we have an update on you for the story we ve been telling you about about a string of deaths related to an aircraft carrier. today, cbs news can report a total of seven sailors from the uss george washington have died over the past year, and in the most recent, three were all apparent suicides within days of each other. we re just learning the names of those who died. mikhail sharp, natashia huffman, and xavier sandeddor. the ship has b in newport news, virginia, and is undergoing extensive maintenance. the navy is investigating whether there are underlying causes that led to the sailors to take their own lives. tonight, the american lung association is out with its annual state of the air report that found more than 40% of americans that s 137 million are living in areas with unhealthy levels of dirty air. in our continuing series on climate change, earth 365, cbs ben tracy h