SUN VALLEY, ID – JULY 11: Leslie ‘Les’ Moonves, president and chief executive officer of CBS Corporation, attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 11, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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UPDATED 5:22 PM PT – Wednesday, November 2, 2022

The former Chief of CBS and Paramount Global agrees to pay millions of dollars to settle sexual misconduct allegations.

According to a court filing on Wednesday, Leslie Moonves and Paramount will pay nearly $10 million to CBS shareholders as a result of sexual misconduct claims made by more than a dozen women.

This payment is in addition to a nearly $15 million settlement which is in result of a class action suit that has been awaiting approval by a New York judge.

The final approval hearing for the class action is set for Thursday.

MIAMI, FLORIDA – AUGUST 15: A sign announcing monkeypox vaccination is setup in Tropical Park by Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health on August 15, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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UPDATED 5:10 PM PT – Wednesday, November 2, 2022

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has reinstated a Public Health Emergency over monkeypox, saying the virus is spreading across the country.

In a statement on Wednesday, Secretary Xavier Becerra said the emergency has been renewed due to the “outbreak of monkeypox cases across multiple states.”

His announcement was welcomed by LGBTQ+ public health experts.

The first monkeypox emergency was announced on August 4th and it expired after 90 days.

The HHS decision comes just one day after the World Health Organization maintained that monkeypox remains a global health emergency.