(This July 7 story has been refiled to say ‘appropriate,’ not ‘inappropriate,’ in paragraph 6) MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s far-right party Vox proposed abolishing the current laws allowing abortion and euthanasia, according to its election manifesto published on Friday. “We defend the right to life from conception to natural death,” said the 169-page document, which…
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed and scores injured in an air strike by Sudan’s army on western Omdurman, the Khartoum state health ministry said on Saturday, as the war between the country’s military factions entered its 12th week. While the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) quickly dominated the capital Khartoum and…
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday announced new steps to crack down on short-term health insurance plans and surprise medical bills, stepping up his war against so-called junk fees to lower healthcare costs. This will include a proposed rule that closes loopholes companies use to offer misleading short-term insurance products,…
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal humans’ jobs or rebel against us. But, in the world’s first human-robot press conference, they gave mixed responses on whether they should submit to stricter regulation….
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The family of a transgender middle school student has sued to prevent Idaho from requiring public school students to use the restroom corresponding to their assigned sex at birth, in the latest fight over a U.S. state law targeting transgender youth. The family and a student association say the law,…
LONDON (Reuters) – Weight-loss drug Wegovy helped Rebecca Vogt achieve a major goal – shedding the weight she had not managed to drop since giving birth. But, after a particularly brutal day in the bathroom suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea, she called it quits. “The nausea is just so awful with this medication,” said Vogt,…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Employers cannot be held liable when workers contract COVID-19 on the job and spread it to their household members, California’s top court has ruled, siding with business groups that warned of a potential flood of litigation. The seven-member California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that allowing so-called “take-home COVID” claims…
(Reuters) – Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen Inc’s Leqembi emerged as the first Alzheimer’s treatment to win the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standard approval on Thursday, a milestone in drug development for a disease that has seen multiple failures in the past. The following is a list of companies that are currently developing treatments…
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – Nearly half of U.S. tap water samples contain toxic “forever chemicals,” substances used in hundreds of household items from cleaning supplies to pizza boxes to which broad exposure can carry serious health risks, according to a new study. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study tested tap water samples from more…
By Deena Beasley and Julie Steenhuysen LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi won a coveted standard approval nod from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, the first Alzheimer’s treatment to achieve that goal, clearing the way for wider insurance coverage of the drug. The FDA decision marks a new milestone for a…
